Baseball Bats for Christmas - Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak

nMichael Arvaarluk Kusugak is an Inuk storyteller who grew up in Repulse Bay, NWT (now Naujaat, Nunavut). During his childhood, his family traveled by dog sled, living a traditional Inuit lifestyle. He is the author of many picture books, including Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails, winner of the Ruth Schwartz Award.n nHe won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature in 2008. He lives in Valhalla, Manitoba.n nCOCO APUNNGUAQ LYNGE is a Greenlandic-Danish Inuit artist. She utilizes her expanding knowledge of Greenland and Greenlandic culture to tell and illustrate stories. She lives in Denmark.n