Description
Written by Nadia Sammurtok, an Inuit writer and educator originally from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, and illustrated by Pelin Turgut.
“Panik, do you know how much I love you? When I look at the horizon, past the vast tundra, I see no end. That is how much I love you.”
In this lovingly told book, a mother recounts for her daughter all the things she loves about her, connecting each attribute to an element of the Arctic landscape or Inuit traditional life. As her daughter’s eyes glisten like the fire of a seal oil lamp, and her courage shines bright like buds of purple saxifrage fighting through a thick blanket of snow, the mother weaves a beautiful narrative of connection and love that will warm the hearts of all readers.
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒻᒪᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥ, ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᔾᔨᔪᖅ ᐸᓂᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓂᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐸᓂᖓᑕ ᐊᔾᔨᓯᓪᓗᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ.
ᐸᓂᖓᑕ ᐃᔨᖏᒃ ᕿᓪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ ᖁᓪᓕᐅᑉ ᖃᐅᒪᓂᑯᓗᐊᑎᑐᑦ, ᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦᑕᐃᓐᓂᖓᓗ ᑕᖅᓴᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᐅᐱᓚᒃᑐᖖᒍᐊᒃᓴᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᐳᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᐃᓇᓱᒃᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᕗᖅ ᓇᒡᓕᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᕈᒥᒃᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᑎᓕᒫᑦᐆᒻᒪᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ.
“Panik, do you know how much I love you? When I look at the horizon, past the vast tundra, I see no end. That is how much I love you.”
In this lovingly told book, a mother recounts for her daughter all the things she loves about her, connecting each attribute to an element of the Arctic landscape or Inuit traditional life. As her daughter’s eyes glisten like the fire of a seal oil lamp, and her courage shines bright like buds of purple saxifrage fighting through a thick blanket of snow, the mother weaves a beautiful narrative of connection and love that will warm the hearts of all readers.
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒻᒪᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥ, ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᔾᔨᔪᖅ ᐸᓂᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓂᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐸᓂᖓᑕ ᐊᔾᔨᓯᓪᓗᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ.
ᐸᓂᖓᑕ ᐃᔨᖏᒃ ᕿᓪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ ᖁᓪᓕᐅᑉ ᖃᐅᒪᓂᑯᓗᐊᑎᑐᑦ, ᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦᑕᐃᓐᓂᖓᓗ ᑕᖅᓴᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᐅᐱᓚᒃᑐᖖᒍᐊᒃᓴᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᐳᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᐃᓇᓱᒃᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᕗᖅ ᓇᒡᓕᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᕈᒥᒃᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᑎᓕᒫᑦᐆᒻᒪᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ.