Meennunyakaa / Blueberry Patch Africa go on a canoe trip

go on a canoe trip that has one glitch after another

a boy feels time slowing down so much that it starts going backward--into the time of pirates

a safe place once again

faithful friend in Roby Smalls

illustrated by Hope Larson: Visit the world ofA Wrinkle in Time in this standalone story

Meennunyakaa / Blueberry Patch Africa go on a canoe tripBased 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 humor 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