{"id":15089,"date":"2026-04-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15089"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:32:56","slug":"p-is-for-the-pencil-precious-in-their-iglu-home-by-avingaq-vsetula-and-chua-picturebook-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15089","title":{"rendered":"P is for THE PENCIL, precious in their iglu home, by Avingaq, Vsetula, and Chua (Picturebook) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The children and Ataata stay home in the iglu while their mother is away helping a neighbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How should they pass the time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the sun is out, the two big girls can trace their letters in the frost on the iglu’s ice window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They play games with baby Peter, and their father tells them stories, and still Anaana isn’t back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Ataatu really letting them use their mother’s one precious pencil and the last piece of paper to draw on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will Anaana say when she sees how short the pencil is now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author fondly remembered living in an Inuit iglu as a child in Nunavut, Canada, where they learned to use all things wisely, because the trading post was so very far away. Find learning resources in English and Inuktitut here https:\/\/inhabitmedia.com\/2021\/04\/22\/the-pencil-educators-resource\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What special object have you saved because it’s the last one?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: The Pencil \/ Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula; illustrated by Charlene Chua. Inhabit Media, 2018. [illustrator site https:\/\/charlenechua.com\/picture-books<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/inhabitbooks.com\/products\/the-pencil?_pos=1&_sid=b3e677320&_ss=r<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher, via Publisher Spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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