Akilak's Adventure

After Akilak's grandmother injures her ankle, she sends her granddaughter north to her uncle's camp in order to get food for the two of them. This is the girl's first time traveling alone, and she is a bit anxious about her journey. But a caribou joins her and keeps watch over her even while Akilak......more

We received a signed copy of this book as a gift & it is such a wonderful book. The illustrations are beautiful & authentically show off the beauty of the arctic. I love that there are such great books exhibiting this beautiful part of Canada. I feel it's important for my son to have stories read to......more

Lovely story of a child in the arctic who travels with the animals of the north to get help for her grandmother.......more

Going to her uncle's camp to get food for her and her injured grandmother, Akilak uses her imagination to turn her long journey into a great adventure. A story inspired by the Inuit word taulittuq, meaning "the experience of of moving without the sense of nearing one's destination."......more