Putuguq and Kublu (Putuguq and Kublu #1)

by Danny Christopher (Author) Astrid Arijanto (Illustrator)

Putuguq and Kublu (Putuguq and Kublu #1)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Putuguq and Kublu are a sister and brother who cannot get along. They love to pull pranks and one-up each other every chance they get!

When one of Putuguq's pranks does not go as planned, the feuding siblings find themselves on the land with their grandfather, learning a bit about Inuit history, between throwing snowballs, that is.

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An emotionally and spiritually warming visit to the Arctic.

Publishers Weekly

Part graphic novel, part early reader, this cheeky story opens in "a small community just north of the Arctic Circle," where siblings Putuguq and Kublu are busy doing what brothers and sisters everywhere do: messing with each other. Putuguq lies in wait as the book opens, hiding behind a snowmobile in hopes of scaring his older sister. "She will never suspect a thing..." he gloats, right before Kublu dumps a snowball on his head ("I can hear you whispering to yourself!" she crows). The subsequent chase leads to a tumble and a conversation with the children's grandfather about the inuksuit (stone markers) that dot the landscape and often date back thousands of years. The verbal sparring and pratfalls (including a ripped-pants gag that even gets a chuckle out of Grandpa) are well-matched by newcomer Arijanto's bright, crisp cartooning; her chunky images lend the characters a doll-like quality, and the blue skies and fields of yellow-green grass offer a vision of the Arctic beyond expanses of ice and snow. Endnotes about inuksuit and the vanished Tuniit/Dorset people round out an entertaining story of sibling one-upmanship. Ages 5-7. (June)

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Danny Christopher
Danny Christopher has travelled throughout the Canadian Arctic as an instructor for Nunavut Arctic College. He is the illustrator of The Legend of the Fog, A Children's Guide to Arctic Birds, and Animals Illustrated: Polar Bear, and author of Putuguq and Kublu. His work on The Legend of the Fog was nominated for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustration Award. He lives in Toronto with his wife, three children, and a puppy.Astrid Arijanto is a designer and illustrator who spent her childhood drawing on any surface she could get her hands on: from papers to walls to all the white fences around her parents' house. Since then, her work has appeared in various media and publications across Canada and Asia. She lives in Toronto and spends most of her days designing and illustrating beautiful books. In her free time she enjoys travelling with her partner, exploring the great outdoors, and chasing after their wild and rambunctious puppy, Spanky.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781772271430
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Inhabit Media
Publication date
May 09, 2017
Series
Putuguq and Kublu
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
JUV030120 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Polar Regions
JUV012080 - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables | Native American
JUV030090 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Canada - Native Canadian
Library of Congress categories
Brothers and sisters
Cartoons and comics
Inuit

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