Bedtime Stories: The Origin of Day and Night
Bedtime Stories highlights Children’s Books with a diverse, global perspective. In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox meet and express their longing for light and darkness, their words are too powerful to be denied. The Origin of Day and Night, published in September of 2018 by Inhabit Books, is the illustrated retelling of an ancient Inuit tale, passed from storyteller to storyteller and into the loving hands of Inuit author, Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt. Her sparse, but lyric words are paired perfectly with the contrasting illustrations of artist Lenny Lishchenko, to create a beautiful story book that serves as an excellent introduction to Inuit mythology to non-Inuit children, and with an Inuktitut language version, gives great representation to Inuit children themselves.
