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When we came home from Canada I just put Canada in the children‘s book search at the library and came up with this. It‘s about the Norway House Cree and was a wonderful story. I will likely buy it at some point so Wes can have some teaching moments when he‘s old enough to understand.

David Robertson, in an interview with CBC‘s Shelagh Rogers, said: “What I love about Cree is that one word can mean so much. Cree is such a beautiful language.”

A word in Cree language sums up each piece of text in this gentle picture book story set in present day: a Cree Elder takes his grandson to visit far northern Manitoba where his trapline was located. An introspective celebration of connection to land & history, by a pair of award-winning co-creators with Swampy Cree heritage. Glossary included. #Indigenous #AllAges #Canadian #kidlit

Julie Flett‘s artwork in this picture book is made with pastels in earthy colours. Very peaceful.

In this most recent picture book collaboration between author David A Robertson and artist Julie Flett, the reality of vast distances is made clear: getting to a particular traditional Indigenous territory in northern Manitoba requires a flight in a small plane and then travelling onward in a motorboat.

I love everything I've read from both David A. Robertson and Julie Flett so hearing that they were doing another collab was just absolutely golden news. This is a beautiful story with gorgeous art, and I have a big soft spot for kid's stories about these tender grandparent-grandchild relationships. Highly recommended!