Children's album in French and in Inuktitut created from a traditional Inuit story from Nunavik
To celebrate their grandmother’s birthday, Lucassie and Siaja want to give her some unforgettable gifts. They head for Tutjaat, the walrus island! This story for young people, inspired by an Inuit oral tale, was co-written and illustrated by students from Nuvviti School during a workshop in Ivujivik, Nunavik. It focuses on how to prepare igunaq, fermented walrus, by telling the story of a sea journey taken to preserve and share this culinary tradition in the community of Ivujivik, Québec’s northernmost village.
In French and in Inuktitut.
ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᖓᑕ ᐃᓅᓕᕐᕕᓯᐅᓐᓂᖓ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᒋᓗᒍ, ᓘᑲᓯᓗ ᓯᐊᔭᓗ ᐳᐃᒍᕐᑕᐅᓂᐅᔭᖕᖏᑐᒥ ᐁᑦᑑᑎᖃᒍᒪᔫᒃ. ᑐᑦᔮᓕᐊᕐᑎᓯᓗᑎᒃ, ᐁᕖᑦ ᕿᑭᕐᑕᖓᓄᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓅᓕᖓᔪᖅ, ᑲᑦᓱᙰᒍᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖓᒍᑦ, ᐊᓪᓚᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᕕᓂᖅ ᐊᓪᓚᖑᐊᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᕝᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᕈᓯᖃᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒻᒥ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ. ᑯᐯᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᓯᓐᓂᐹᖓᓂ, ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐁᕕᕕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᒍᓇᓕᐅᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᐅᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᓱᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᕕᑰᖕᖑᐊᑐᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖅ.
ᐅᐃᒍᐃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᑦᑎᑐᓪᓗ.
ᓄᐃᑕᕕᓂᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑎᒌᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑖᓐᓇᓗ Un livre à la fois ᓄᕝᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᖓᓗ.
Published in cooperation with Un livre à la fois and Nuvviti school.
Les élèves de l'école Nuvviti, L’ île aux morses. ᑐᑦᔮᑦ. Tutjaat, Montréal, Imaginaire | Nord and Un livre à la fois, «Isberg» series, 2025, 48p.
ISBN 978-2-923385-67-9
An English and Inuktitut version of this book has also been published under the title Walrus Island. ᑐᑦᔮᑦ.