Mary Wallace is an award-winning artist and art therapist who spent almost twenty years teaching arts and crafts at the Haliburton School of Fine Arts. Her previous title The Inuksuk Book won the 2000 UNESCO International Youth Library White Raven Award, the 1999 National Outdoor Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association’s Silver Birch Award, the Norma Fleck Award for Non-Fiction, and the Atlantic Library Association’s Hackmatack Book Award. She lives in St. Thomas, Ontario.

"The presence of a close-knit Inuit family...brings a loving warmth to the Arctic landscape Wallace so affectionately portrays." - Publisher's Weekly

""An Inuksuk Means Welcome" is a multi-sensory tour through life in the Arctic for thousands of years, beautifully presented for children of all ages." - The Midwest Book Review's Children's Bookwatch

"Wallace's richly coloured paintings bring both the northern landscape and Inuit culture vividly to life, highlighting the interdependence of the people and the land, and the importance of close family ties." - Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW

"A solid compliment to social studies lessons about traditional Inuit customs and the languages of Canada." - National Reading Campaign

"Rich with colour and movement." - Canadian Review of Materials

"A strong addition for libraries looking to expand cultural collections with ease." - School Library Journal

"Adds interest and understanding to an important part of Canada's history and culture." - Resource Links

"Beautiful presentation...invites you, almost entices you, to learn more." - Librarian's Quest

"This book is a fun and aesthetically striking way to teach children about a new language and culture, and could be a useful tool for early primary school social studies classes." - Green Teacher