In the Arctic, the inuksuk is a stone structure that acts as a messenger to passing travelers. Make Your Own Inuksuk provides gardeners and nature lovers with a myriad of ideas to express their own personal messages in meaningful locations of their own. Chapters include construction, choosing adhesives, selecting stones, wind and weather, communicating the message, and strength. The full-color book engages and stimulates with quotes from elders, facts on Inuit culture, the importance of inuksuk, and their significance today.
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Grade 2-6-Every once in a while, a very special book that quietly communicates a sense of wonder, beauty, and spiritual connectedness comes along. This is such a book. Inuksuit are carefully balanced stone sculptures that were built by the Inuit to communicate knowledge or a message from one person to another. They might show the way to the camp, point to the moon, or commemorate a special event or friend. Today, Inuksuit are often built in the shape of human figures. The author provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a nine-stone inuksuk, where to place it, and the types of expression one can give it. Helpful information is also provided on where to find stones. The text is interspersed with often-dramatic, full-color photographs of stones in different settings and different light. Combine this title with Byrd Baylor's Everybody Needs a Rock (Scribner, 1974) for a unit on rock art. Wallace's The Inuksuk Book (Owl, 1999) has more information on the life of the Inuit. Once they read Inuksuk, readers will never again look at rocks in the same way.
Dona J. Helmer, College Gate School Library, Anchorage, AK
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Dona J. Helmer, College Gate School Library, Anchorage, AK
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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..directions for construction...are clear and easy-to-follow… (Brandon Sun )
...teach your children about...First Nations tradition and allow them to try their hand at inukshuk building by following the instructions in this one-of-a-kind guidebook. (City Parent )
Author Mary Wallace, in consultation with Inuit elders and other experts, gives a fascinating introduction in words, photographs and paintings to the many forms of the inuksuk structure and its unique place in Inuit life and culture. (CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials )
...sensitive to issues of cultural appropriation, Wallace includes many direct quotations from Inuit elders...and her dedication acknowledges those for whom the craft was a whole way of life. (Quill & Quire )
...teach your children about...First Nations tradition and allow them to try their hand at inukshuk building by following the instructions in this one-of-a-kind guidebook. (City Parent )
Author Mary Wallace, in consultation with Inuit elders and other experts, gives a fascinating introduction in words, photographs and paintings to the many forms of the inuksuk structure and its unique place in Inuit life and culture. (CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials )
...sensitive to issues of cultural appropriation, Wallace includes many direct quotations from Inuit elders...and her dedication acknowledges those for whom the craft was a whole way of life. (Quill & Quire )
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice project, wish there was more history,
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This review is from: Make Your Own Inuksuk (Wow Canada! Collection) (Paperback)
I purchased this book to use during our study of various continents, to give ourselves a North American project to do. (I am a homeschooling parent). The book will work for that purpose. I was hoping that it would have a little more information on the use of the Inuksuk, with examples of people using them historically. Some of the other parts on how to put one together could certainly have been condensed to allow room for more history and culture. Nonetheless, it is an appropriate activity for my first grader, and a good stepping stone to get her looking into the culture with other resources.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awsome book!,
By Ellis "Loriinabundance:)" (MN, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Make Your Own Inuksuk (Wow Canada! Collection) (Paperback)
I am intrigued with these figures. They seem to have a certain spirituality about them. As a guide to making your own or veiwing different styles, this is a great book!
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- Why?: The Best Ever Question and Answer Book About Nature, Science, and the World Around You by Catherine Ripley in Back Matter
- I Can Make That!: Fantastic Crafts for Kids by Mary Wallace in Back Matter
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