"Provides comprehensive information on the background, lifestyle, beliefs, and present-day lives of the Inuit people"--Provided by publisher.

Describes how the polar bear, also called Nanuk, thrives in the Arctic and explains the lessons that the Inuit people have learned from watching the creature.

The folk story of Magittatuarjuk, the gnawer of rock.

"The air is cold, the nights are long, and Halloween is just around the corner. This is the time of year when pumpkins fly! In the remote, fly-in community of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, the last cargo flight of October brings some strange orange guests for the children. Seeing a pumpkin for the first time, the local kids eagerly carve and light their first jack-o-lantern. But when everyone adjourns to the community hall for the Halloween dance, the pumpkin...

Describes the discovery of mummies in Greenland in 1972 and the work of forensic anthropologists who investigated the remains of these members of the Thule culture, ancestors of today's Eskimos.

A small Eskimo boy discovers that Mother's lap is a very special place with room for everyone.

Retells an Inuit story about how Fox tricks Bear and Chipmunk out of their food until Eagle catches him and teaches him a lesson.

"Winter approaches, and there's much to do if Pi?a's family wants to be prepared: hunting, fishing, gathering, and more. Now, Pi?a must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for knapping - the same mountain where his two older brothers disappeared. As he leaves, Pi?a reassures his parents that he will not succumb to the same fate as his brothers. He will return. But when he reaches the mountaintop, he is confronted by a terrifying eagle god named...