As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back. Includes an author's note.
Explains how to grow dwarf fruit trees and berry bushes indoors and outdoors, including information on where to buy them, materials needed, and how to plant, prune, and care for them.
Nine-year-old Meggie resents spending time with a strange, smelly old man who calls her mother whenever he needs a ride, but when Christmas finds him in the hospital she knows what she must do.