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Friends Umingmak and Fox have a lot to discuss about the world! When they notice the night sky changing colours, from green to pink to purple, they aren’t sure what to make of it. Why does the night sky do that? Is it broken? What’s going on with the sky?!
This sweet and silly book told in easy-to-read dialogue introduces young readers to the science behind one of the Arctic’s most beloved phenomena: the northern lights.
An Inuk raised in Denendeh, Jamesie Fournier’s work has appeared in Inuit Art Quarterly, Red Rising Magazine, Northern Public Affairs, and the anthology Coming Home: Stories from the Northwest Territories. His brother, Zebede Tulugaq Evaluardjuk-Fournier, illustrated Jamesie’s last two projects with Inuit Art Quarterly. Jamesie was the guest author at the 2018 and 2020 Northwords Writers Festivals and a runner-up for the 2018 Sally Manning Award for Indigenous Creative Non-Fiction. He lives in Thebacha/Fort Smith between Salt River First Nation, Smith’s Landing First Nation, and the South Slave Métis Nation.
Tim Mack cannot fly, run super fast, or swim like a fish, so instead he draws those things. Tim is a Canadian-born illustrator living in Vancouver, British Columbia. He enjoys playing with colours and shapes and never misses an opportunity to swim in the ocean, though he still wishes he could swim as well as a fish.