Leah''s Mustache Party

About Nadia Mike

Nadia Mike is an Inuit educator who graduated with a Bachelor of Education from the University of Regina. Although Nadia has lived in many communities across the North she considers Iqaluit Nunavut her home. Nadia has two daughters Leah and Jaime who constantly teach her to be less serious and enjoy every day. These two girls have also reminded Nadia of the importance of childrens literature and having stories with settings characters and themes that show children that their lives and cultures are important enough to be in books. Nadia loves to travel cook sew and drink strong coffee. In 2014 Nadia published her first book an Inuktitut-language first-words board book. In 2016 she published Leahs Mustache Party her first picture book followed by Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing in 2017. Charlene Chua worked as a web designer senior graphic designer web producer and interactive project manager before she decided to pursue illustration as a career. Her work has appeared in American Illustration Spectrum and SILAs Illustration West as well as several art books. She illustrated the childrens picture books Julie Black Belt: The Kung Fu Chronicles and Julie Black Belt: The Belt of Fire. She lives in Hamilton Ontario with her husband and two cats.