Raquel Rivera has worked as a copywriter, freelance writer and illustrator, photographer's assistant, and a teacher of English and life drawing. She lives in Montreal with her husband and two children. Visit Raquel Rivera's website: http://www.imho-reviews.com/

Jirina Marton has exhibited her paintings throughout Europe, Canada, and Japan, and has illustrated many children's books. She lives in Colborne, Ontario.

...[this] book has a lot to offer. - Multicultural Review

Beautiful illustrations...show the individual people and creatures in the Arctic landscape close up, sometimes with an edge of magical realism. - Booklist

Rivera's unpretentious storytelling is perfectly suited to these tales, which resonate with mythic force...evidence that an alien way of life can be powerfully transmuted and shared. - Toronto Star

This book beautifully balances stories that document a vanishing way of life, aboriginal art, and information about the Arctic. Children will thoroughly enjoy the stories, and teachers will relish this contribution to the all-too-scarce resources for the curriculum about Canada's North. It is a little gem. - CM Magazine

This book, a must for bookstores, rates as a sophisticated and innovative introduction to Inuit art and culture and is one of the best Canadian children's non-fiction titles to emerge so far in 2007. - Canadian Bookseller

Through the simple and effective technique of narrating dramatic episodes in the lives of four Inuit artists...Rivera gives us a taste of a vanished way of life, a sense of the unimaginable hardships that shaped these artists' characters, and a glimpse of their work that grew so organically from their experiences on the land...Marton's artistry makes the reader experience the uncertainty and thrill of visual discovery. - Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW

...a clever way to introduce art to young readers and works seamlessly to offer up both a compelling story and the beauty of a lesser-known art. - Today's Parent

...a delightful book and the illustrations bring the story beautifully to life. It is well worth adding to any collection... - Resource Links

...a great story-time read...four stars. - Sarah's Stars

...a wealth of information on Inuit culture, both past and present... - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books