Giant and the Grizzly Bear

Rosemarie Avrana Meyok was born in a small Hudson Bay post on Reid Island, Northwest Territories, and now lives in Kugluktuk, Nunavut. She studied as a teacher in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, and worked as an Inuinnaqtun teacher and program specialist, developing Inuktut teaching resources for the Nunavut Department of Education. She went on to study linguistics at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Mexico. She has worked as a language researcher and translator. Rosemarie has four children (two of whom were adopted to her sister through custom adoption), twenty grandchildren, and more than ten great-grandchildren. Rosemarie loves to sew, bead, and design traditional and contemporary clothing. She spends as much time as she can out on the land with her large family.Thamires Paredes lives and works as a freelance illustrator in Brazil and has a great passion in telling stories through her art. Her main focus is on editorial illustration, books, and advertising. She has a special love and affection for the universe of illustrations aimed at the children and youth.

"The illustrations in the book beautifully depict the Western Arctic, the northern landscape of Canada. This Inuit traditional story illustrates the affection between the giant and the little human boy, who care for each other deeply. The Giant and the Grizzly Bear also portrays the Inuit lifestyle and the northern Canadian landscape while emphasizing hunting practices. Additionally, the book educates readers on the Inuit word "Kamik", explaining its meaning and pronunciation at the end. Highly Recommended"