Lenny, a baby muskox searching for his mother, is the star of a new illustrated board book produced by the NWT’s Northern Quill Publishing.
Written by Dana Harris and illustrated by Lianne Plamondon, the book – titled Maww! Maww! – makes its debut in a storytime event on Sunday at Yellowknife Books. (That event also features Newfoundland’s Rebecca Gladney, author of Chirp’s Large Day and Chirp’s West End Wander.)
The cover of Maww! Maww! Image: Northern Quill Publishing
It’ll also be available at the Northern Book Fair, to be held at the Yellowknife Visitor Centre from 10am-2pm on Saturday, November 8.
The book “captures the diversity of northern wildlife and the power of perseverance through a story inspired by real events,” Northern Quill stated in a press release.
Along Lenny’s journey, the animals he meets “help him piece together what his mama might look like and how to find her,” the press release added.
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Maww! Maww! is the first book by lifelong Yellowknife resident Harris. Plamondon has lived in the city since 2016.
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