The Owl and the Lemming

The Owl and the Lemming by Roselyn Akulukjuk and illustrated by Amanda Sandland and published by Inhabit Media Inc. is a wonderful retelling of a Inuit folktale. Oral storytelling is a powerful and magical thing. So many lessons can be learned through the telling of stories between elder and child, t......more

The Owl and The Lemming is another charming traditional Inuit story from Inhabit Media. I have never read anything else from Roselyn Akulukjuk (as far as I am aware, this is her only book written so far), but she tells the story incredibly well. The moral is somewhere between cleverness can get you......more

Another beautifully illustrated inuit tale. A great addition to the study of Inuit culture, and their folklore. To survive his encounter with the Owl, Lemming must try to trick him and does so by playing right into owls pride.......more

A lemming tricks an owl into not eating him. Based on a traditional Inuit tale.......more

The moral of this story is don't play with your food. It's a great story. The illustrations are pretty but also somehow odd.......more