The Legend of the Disappearing Dogs

When Pumpkins Fly author and illustrator Margaret Lawrence teams up with Lisi Kavik-Mickiyuk to tell an Inuit legend!

Based on a traditional Inuit story, comes the origin tale of mysterious dogs and how they came to be associated with Qalinguluk (the Inuktitut name for hill) in a bi-lingual format with watercolour illustrations .

This Inuit legend, shared by Sanikiluaq Elder Lisi Kavik-Mickiyuk as a bi-lingual story, explains the origins of a unique location outside of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. 

On a hill outside the community, it is said that ghostly dog growls can be heard. The Inuktitut name for the hill, Qalinguluk, means “a place where you can sometimes hear dogs growling.” In this book, readers will learn about the origin of these mysterious dogs and how they came to be associated with this hill.

Watercolour illustrations by long-time Sanikiluaq resident Margaret Lawrence give the book an authentic feeling of this distinctive place.