The Caterpillar Woman

A kind and beautiful young maiden is tricked into switching parkas with a stranger in this traditional Inuit tale, finding herself transformed into an ugly caterpillar woman when she dons the other woman's garment. Withdrawing to live by herself on the tundra because she fears her appearance might f......more

I've been reading through a ton of Inhabit Media books over the last couple months or so, and this picture book is definitely one of my favourites. Nadia Sammurtok weaves the story together beautifully, and the illustrations are breathtaking. The tundra setting works so well. I loved seeing a story w......more

This is a lovely, illustrated Inuit fairytale about a young woman changed into a caterpillar by happenstance. She is forced to leave her family without explanation. After living alone for a long while, her kindness toward strangers is, one day, recognized, and this, in turn, restores her human beaut......more

This is really a two-star book, but it gets the third because of my soft spot for it being told with indigenous people. Was beauty the reward for kindness? Kindness is a reward in itself, just as youth is in the heart and mind. The eyes would show this better than a smooth face ever could.......more