Make Your Own Inuksuk (Wow Canada! Collection) - Softcover

Wallace, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1897066147 ISBN 13: 9781897066140

Publisher: Owlkids, 2004

Synopsis

An inuksuk, a powerful symbol of the Arctic, is a stone structure that acts as a messenger. Traditionally, inuksuit (plural) have been built by the Inuit to act in the place of a human being: to show the way when travelers were a long way from home, to warn of very dangerous places, or to show where food was stored.
Following the acclaimed and award-winning The Inuksuk Book, Make Your Own Inuksuk shows readers how to build their very own inuksuk. This full-color book provides an engaging overview of inuksuit what they are, why they were important in the past and how they can bring significance to our own lives today.
Filled with startlingly beautiful photographs of various inuksuit in different natural settings, Make Your Own Inuksuk is as visually arresting as it is easy to follow. Make Your Own Inuksuk offers clear step-by-step instructions and practical advice on selecting and preparing stones to build a wide variety of inuksuit. It also helps readers choose a location that reflects their inuksuk’s meaning, whether in a garden, at the cabin or at home.

About this title

About the Author:

MARY WALLACE has spent almost 20 years teaching arts and art education to children and adults. She has written and illustrated over a dozen books for children and has received many awards and nominations, including a National Outdoor Book Award for The Inuksuk Book. She lives in St. Thomas, ON.

Review:

Once in a while, a very special book that quietly communicates a sense of wonder, beauty and spiritual connectedness comes along. This is such a book. (School Library Journal)

...sensitive to issues of cultural appropriation, Wallace includes many direct quotations from Inuit elders...and her dedication acknowledges those for whom the craft was a whole way of life. (Quill & Quire)

Author Mary Wallace, in consultation with Inuit elders and other experts, gives a fascinating introduction in words, photographs and paintings to the many forms of the inuksuk structure and its unique place in Inuit life and culture. (CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials)

..directions for construction...are clear and easy-to-follow... (Brandon Sun)

...a beautiful how-to book that describes the orign, purpose and meaning of these stone figures in traditional Inuit life. (The Muskokan)

...teach your children about...First Nations tradition and allow them to try their hand at inukshuk building by following the instructions in this one-of-a-kind guidebook. (City Parent)

Wallace takes care to instil a sense of respect for this traditional Inuit form...ideas expressed will arouse emotion in a group discussion and stimulate imagination in art class... (Resource Links)

About this edition

• Publisher: Owlkids
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1897066147
• ISBN 13: 9781897066140
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32