Michael Kusugak Livres

When Allashua disobeys her parents and goes fishing on the sea ice, she has to use her wits to escape the Qallupilluit--the troll-like creatures her parents have always warned her about that live beneath the frozen surface of the sea. But the only way to break out of their grasp is through an exchange: Allashua can go free if she brings her brothers and sisters back to the sea ice instead. Allashua doesn't want to give them up, but what can she do? After all, a promise is a promise. A Promise Is a Promise is a collaboration between award-winning storyteller Michael Kusugak and celebrated children's author Robert Munsch. This 30th anniversary edition brings all of the tension of the traditional Inuit story to a new generation of readers. Added features include a new foreword by Michael Kusugak on his role as a storyteller and the importance of storytelling in Inuit culture.

Ten-year-old Agatha, an Inuit girl, is the reluctant heroine in this tapestry of Arctic tales set in the 1950s. Each tale has its origins in Kusugak’s own childhood experiences.

Arctic Comics is a full-colour anthology containing tales of myth, adventure and humour, told at the top of the worldWritten and drawn by Inuit, Northerners, and other CanadiansIncluding Kiviuq Versus Big Bee, Jose Kusugak and Germaine Arnaktauyok's magical recount of an Inuit legend, On Waiting, a story by award-winning children's author Michael Kusugak and illustrated by watercolourist Susan Shirley, Nicholas Burns and George Freeman's Blizzard House, an arctic science fiction adventure, The Great Slo-Pitch Massacre, a humorous tale of young love gone wrong and Film Nord, a farcical detective story starring an Inuk RCMP officer, both written and drawn by Nicholas Burns

A young girl discovers nature’s surprising beauty in this tale from a renowned Inuit storyteller.When Aggataa goes for a cold winter walk with her grandmother, she’s surprised by a sudden CRAH! All the birds have flown south for the winter except one kind—the tulugarguat, the ravens. They’re the ugliest birds that Aggaataa has ever seen. They look like they slept in their coats—coats that don’t even fit! However, as the winter slowly moves towards spring, Aggataa connects with one small raven in particular.

Set against the backdrop of Inuit culture, the story follows Wolverine, cursed by a disgruntled shaman after a series of unfortunate events involving the shaman's crying daughter. As a young man, Wolverine faces banishment and a desperate struggle to return home, where love and family await. Michael Kusugak weaves a tale rich in adventure, perseverance, and humor, exploring themes of redemption and the complexities of relationships. This engaging narrative highlights that even the strongest can have their off days, and ultimately, dreams can be realized.

A biography of the South African Test cricketer Russell Endean