Elisapee and Her Baby Seagull
by Nancy Mike & Charlene Chua
Description:
Publisher's description (Inhabit Media, 2017):
When Elisapee’s father brings home a baby seagull, Elisapee falls in love with the bird right away. She feeds and cares for her new friend, named Nau, and even helps Nau learn how to fly! Nau grows, and grows, and grows some more, until she’s big enough to fly all over town and play with the other seagulls. Soon, it seems like Nau is ready to leave home for good, and Elisapee has to learn how to say goodbye. Based on the author’s childhood experience, this charming story about learning to care for animals will delight young readers. Author Nancy Mike is Inuk.
Creator Biographies (Strong Nations):
Nancy Mike was raised in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and continues to maintain close ties with the community. Nancy is passionate about sharing stories of life growing up in Nunavut. Currently, Nancy lives in Iqaluit and works as a nurse at the hospital. She plays accordion and throat sings with the Nunavut band The Jerry Cans and travels across the world to share her stories and music. Nancy is also the mother of two beautiful girls and hopes to inspire them to love their Inuit culture and language... and to read as many books as they can!
Charlene Chua (she/they) has illustrated many things over the years for kids of all ages. Her work has won several illustration awards, while books she has illustrated have been nominated for OLA Blue Spruce & Silver Birch, Lambda Literary Awards, USBBY Outstanding International Books, and others. They are the illustrator of the 2023 Stonewall Book Award Children's & Young Adult winner, Love, Violet
Resource format: Picturebook
Age recommendation: Kindergarten - Grade 2
Keywords: boating, dad, summer, baby birds, seagull, adjectives, love, hunger, sculpins, seal fat, whale blubber, krill, emotions, Inuit, animals, environment, place, webbed feet, forage, tide, care, feed, patience, living on the land, fly, excited, scared, ribbon, brave, kunik, hug, comfort, beautiful spirit, Inuit, Inuktitut
Year of publication: 2017
Publisher information: Inhabit Media
Teaching and Learning Ideas
Our team collaborated with new teachers, alumni of the Werklund School of Education’s Bachelor of Education program, to create teaching and learning plans for texts in this website. With audiences ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to Post-Secondary, lesson plans across this resource address a wide range of school subject areas, inclusive approaches, and Indigenous education topics, such as the revitalization of Indigenous languages. As this website was designed with Undergraduate Programs in Education instructors, as well as teachers in mind, connections to UPE courses have been flagged on each lesson plan. These lessons are intended as a starting place for educators, to help you envision ways in which you might bring Indigenous literatures, as well as ways of knowing, being, and doing, into your teaching contexts. Please adapt, use, and share these lessons in ways that are generative for your teaching practice. We offer our sincere thanks to the dozens of new teachers who gifted us with these creative ideas!
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