On the Shoulder of a Giant
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Selected for the Inkspokes Book Awards!
Inukpak was big, even for a giant. He loved to travel across the tundra, striding over the widest rivers and wading through the deepest lakes with ease. He could walk across the Arctic in just a few days.
But being so big, and travelling so far, Inukpak was often alone. Until one day, when he came across a little hunter on the tundra. Thinking that the hunter was a little boy, alone on the land, Inukpak decided to adopt him as his son.
And so, from the shoulder of one of the biggest giants to ever roam the Arctic, this hunter embarked on a series of adventures only a giant could enjoy!
". . . Nelson’s richly developed artwork playfully emphasizes the hunter’s plight while making it clear that the giant is friendly and caring . . ." - Publisher’s Weekly
". . . a singularly fun and interesting take on the whole giant genre." - School Library Journal
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Inukpak, a bearded giant so big "he could walk from one end of the Arctic to the other in just a few days," mistakes an Inuit hunter for a child and adopts him in this entertaining retelling. The hunter accepts his role as Inukpak's "son" for fear of upsetting the giant, waiting on shore while he catches them a "sculpin" to eat (it turns out to be a bowhead whale). Rendered in a milky palette that captures the vast seas and skies of the Arctic setting, Nelson's richly developed artwork playfully emphasizes the hunter's plight while making it clear that the giant is friendly and caring, despite his goofs. A good pick for readers eager to learn about giants beyond Paul Bunyan and Goliath. Ages 5 7.
