Tanna's Owl 2003 Ross Annett Award for Children’s

Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature

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Tanna's Owl 2003 Ross Annett Award for Children’sTanna's Owl begins with a greeting from Rachel Qitsualik Tinsley (Inuit Cree), the author and this is the story of an owl brought home by her father after hunting. Sean Qitsualik Tinsley (Scottish Mohawk) is the co author. In the colourfully illustrated images by Yong Ling Kan, Tanna's Owl, tells the story of Tanna feeding and caring for owl with the help of her brothers and sisters. She gives owl the name Ukpik meaning owl in Inuktitut. While Ukpik