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On the Trapline
Author
Illustrator
Julie Flett
Publication Date
May 04, 2021
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
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Description
A picture book celebrating Indigenous culture and traditions. The Governor General Award--winning team behind When We Were Alone shares a story that honors our connections to our past and our grandfathers and fathers.
A boy and Moshom, his grandpa, take a trip together to visit a place of great meaning to Moshom. A trapline is where people hunt and live off the land, and it was where Moshom grew up. As they embark on their northern journey, the child repeatedly asks his grandfather, Is this your trapline? Along the way, the boy finds himself imagining what life was like two generations ago -- a life that appears to be both different from and similar to his life now.
This is a heartfelt story about memory, imagination and intergenerational connection that perfectly captures the experience of a young child's wonder as he is introduced to places and stories that hold meaning for his family.
Publication date
May 04, 2021
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780735266681
Lexile Measure
560
Publisher
Tundra Books (NY)
BISAC categories
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV024000 - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Country Life
JUV030090 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Canada - Native Canadian
JUV024000 - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Country Life
JUV030090 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Canada - Native Canadian
Library of Congress categories
History
Picture books
Families
Family life
Grandfathers
Canada
Trapping
Indigenous peoples
Cree Indians
Picture books
Families
Family life
Grandfathers
Canada
Trapping
Indigenous peoples
Cree Indians
Publishers Weekly
Starred Review
The Indigenous creators behind Governor General's Award-winning When We Were Alone return for this grandparent-child exploration of traplines, "where people hunt animals and live off the land." Robertson, who has Swampy Cree heritage, follows Moshom, a Swampy Cree Elder, who guides his grandchild through the trapline--as well as through memories of his time there as a child. In a deceptively simple, conversational tone, the child relays observations alongside their grandfather's poignant recollections, offering a Swampy Cree word at the bottom of almost every page: "I ask Moshom what it was like going to school after living on the trapline.... 'I learned in both places, ' he says. 'I just learned different things.'/ Pahkan means 'different.' " Flett (who is Cree-Métis) employs a naturalistic color palette for the simple, generously spaced geometric illustrations of light brown-skinned figures, rendered in pastel on paper, then composited digitally. A deeply affecting journey of memory and history. Ages 4-8. (May)
Copyright 2021 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission. David A Robertson
DAVID A. ROBERTSON's books include the Governor General Literary Award--winning When We Were Alone (McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award finalist, Indigenous Literature Award finalist), Will I See? (Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, Graphic Novel Category), the YA novel Strangers (Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction), and the adult novel The Evolution of Alice (Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, Inuit Literature finalist). David also won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer in 2015. David educates as well as entertains through his writings about Indigenous Peoples, reflecting their cultures, histories, communities, as well as illuminating many contemporary issues. David is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg. JULIE FLETT is a Cree-Métis author, illustrator and artist. She has received many awards including the 2017 Governor General Literary Award for her work on When We Were Alone by David Robertson (High Water Press), the 2016 American Indian Library Association Award for Best Picture Book for Little You by Richard Van Camp, and she is the three-time recipient of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Award for Owls See Clearly at Night; A Michif Alphabet by Julie Flett, Dolphin SOS by Roy Miki and Slavia Miki and My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith. Her own Wild Berries was featured in The New York Times and included among Kirkus's Best Children's Books of 2013. Wild Berries was also chosen as Canada's First Nation Communities Read title selection for 2014-2015.
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