During the short Arctic summers the tundra covered most of the year under snow and ice becomes filled with colourful flowers mosses shrubs and lichens. These hardy little plants transform the northern landscape as they take advantage of the warmer weather and long hours of sunlight. Caribou lemmings snow buntings and many other wildlife species depend on tundra plants for food and nutrition but they are not the only ones... A Walk on the Tundra follows Inuujaq a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra. There Inuujaq learns that these tough little plants are much more important to Inuit than she originally believed. In addition to an informative storyline that teaches the importance of Arctic plants this book includes a field guide with photographs and scientific information about a wide array of plants found throughout the Arctic. show more