Based in Duck Bay, Manitoba, in the 1940s, an Elder shares his experience of packing up to go out to collect blueberries, a traditional gathering that took place every summer. He describes the journey and landscape with humour and such vivid imagery that readers will see themselves there with him, boarding the trail of wagons from surrounding communities and heading east toward the blueberry patch. The Elder's stories offer a journey back in time and are complemented by images of fields of plump blueberries, tall green grass, bannock baking over an open fire, clear freshwater streams and the tents the people slept in. This picture book is written in English and Anishinaabemowin. (From Theytus Books)

Blueberry Patch / Meenunyakaa is available in Sept. 2019.

Leason is an academic and researcher. Blueberry Patch / Meennunyakaa is her first children's book. Chartrand is her great-uncle.