Birdsong. Julie Flett

      Birdsong

      Julie Flett

      Text and illustrations copyright © 2019 by Julie Flett

      First published in the U.K. in 2020

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      Cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

      ISBN 978-1-77164-473-0 (print)

      ISBN 978-1-77164-474-7 (epub)

      ISBN 978-1-77164-475-4 (ePDF)

      Editing by Kallie George

      Copy editing by Paula Ayer

      Jacket and interior design by Sara Gillingham Studio

      Jacket illustration by Julie Flett

      The illustrations in this book were rendered in pastel and pencil, composited digitally.

      Printed and bound in Malaysia on ancient-forest-friendly paper by Tien Wah Press

      Greystone Books gratefully acknowledges the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples on whose land our office is located.

      Greystone Books thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia

      through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada for supporting our publishing activities.

      GLOSSARY

      ôhô / owl / oh-HOE

      pimihâwipîsim / migrating moon / pimmyHOW-PEEsim

      ayîkipîsim / frog moon / EYEyicky-PEEsim

      GREYSTONE BOOKS

      VANCOUVER / BERKELEY

      For my dad, son, nieces, and sister.

      And in memory of my mother, Shirley; Annie; AV; Ruby;

      and all the makers who have inspired me.