Wild Berries

Summary of Book

From the Vancouver-based publisher Simply Read Books, “Wild Berries,” written and illustrated by Julie Flett, tells the story of a little boy, Clarence, who picks blueberries with his grandmother. Though the “tup, tup” sound the berries make as the boy drops them into his pail may recall the “kuplink! kuplank! kuplunk!” in Robert McCloskey’s “Blueberries for Sal,” this is a very different book.

Author / Illustrator Biography

Julie Flett is a Vancouver-based Metis and Cree artist and illustrator who incorporates photography, drawing, and painting into her practice. Born in Toronto, Julie has spent much of the last two decades in Western Canada. She began her studies in textile design at the Alberta College of Art. Following two years of studio at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, she completed a Fine Arts degree at Concordia University in 1997. Returning to Vancouver she worked as a coordinator for a visual communication program for First Nations and was involved with a range of advocacy and support work for women in Vancouver's Downtown East Side. Julie was the recipient of the Canadian Native Arts Foundation Visual Arts Acquisition Program in 1993, and was a finalist for two BC Book Prizes in the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize category for her illustration work on the book The Moccasins, authored by Earl Einarson (2004) and Zoe and the Fawn, authored by Catherine Jameson (2007).