{"title":"Books by Tanya Tagaq","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781913505806","title":"Split Tooth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2019 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose in English\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFact can be as strange as fiction. It can also be as dark, as violent, as rapturous. In the end, there may be no difference between them. An Inuk girl grows up in Nunavut, Canada, in the 1970s. She knows joy, and friendship, and parents' love. She knows boredom, and listlessness, and bullying. She knows the tedium of the everyday world, and the raw, amoral power of the ice and sky, the seductive energy of the animal world. When she becomes pregnant, she must navigate all this. In this acclaimed debut novel – haunting, brooding, exhilarating, and tender all at once – Tanya Tagaq explores the grittiest features of a small Arctic town and the electrifying proximity of the worlds of animals and of myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'One of the Best Things I've Ever Read.' Elliot Page\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Tagaq’s surreal meld of poetry and prose transmutes the Arctic’s boundless beauty, intensity, and desolation into a wrenching contemporary mythology.’ \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205844369586,"sku":"9781913505806","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781913505806_fcace510-0766-4faf-9f01-c4eab08b33ac.jpg?v=1786030383"},{"product_id":"9781774880555","title":"It Bears Repeating","description":"\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award — Young People's Illustrated Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beautifully crafted picture book celebrates one of the world's most awesome animals: the polar bear. Evocative but simple text by award-winning musician and artist Tanya Tagaq is accompanied by striking art in this classic counting book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with 1 proud polar bear standing tall and ending with 10 bears waving goodbye, this delightful counting book shows polar bears in all their forms: slippery and fast, crafty and cool, hungry and proud. Tanya has created a story meant to be read aloud, incorporating simple Inuktitut words and using her keen ear for the musical sound of language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is joyful, powerful, clever and striking — much like the bears who sniff, slide, swim, hunt, play and dance through its pages. And when you get to the last page, you won't be able to resist going back to repeat the journey!","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581698306226,"sku":"9781774880555","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781774880555_c80afdd6-920a-4420-934c-a89698c47dd7.jpg?v=1786024440"},{"product_id":"9781774880579","title":"I Would Give You My Tail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOUR STARRED REVIEWS!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Picture Book of 2025!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully illustrated with a cloth-like spine, this imaginative picture book shares an Inuk child's experience   with gratitude and celebrates family connections from the newest   siblings to cherished Elders.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young boy, Kalluk, leaves his camp to tell his grandmother that his mother is about to have a baby. Along the way, Kalluk meets different animals and he asks them why they are so happy. The rabbits say they love to be fast enough to outrun the fox and clever enough to know when to hide. They are happy to protect each other from the winter wind: \"I'd give you my tail if I could!\" they say. A mother fox tells the boy her pups make her happy (and her pups say their mother makes them happy: \"We would give her our tails if we could!\" they say. Even the river and the wind have reasons to be happy. Kalluk's encounters with nature make him reflect on his gratitude for all it provides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the trip back, Kalluk and his grandmother talk about happiness, peace and choices. They speak to the ravens and get a lift from the wind right to Kalluk's doorstep. And waiting inside is a new baby sister! Holding her in his arms, Kalluk discovers a new reason to be thankful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55205923848565,"sku":"9781774880579","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781774880579_fa2de22f-950d-4648-9440-039070633bf3.jpg?v=1786024441"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-tanya-tagaq.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}