WINNER of the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature -- Illustrated Books! WINNER of the 2022 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award! Named one of School Library Journal 's Caldenott Books (2021) A CCBC Best Book for Kids and Teens, Fall 2021 -- Starred Pick A Horn Book 2021 Best Kids Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids (2021) A Canadian Children's Book Centre Favourite Book of the Year (2021) A Quill & Quire Kids' Book of the Year (2021) An American Indians in Children's Literature Best Book of 2021 An Evanston Public Library Blueberry List pick An Ontario Library Association Top Ten Best Picture Book selection "An outstanding contribution to the literature about family, intergenerational friendship, remembrance, community, Indigenous experience, and more." --STARRED REVIEW, The Horn Book "Robertson's text is as spare as Flett's artwork, leaving plenty of space for readers to feel the emotions evoked by both." --STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews "A deeply affecting journey of memory and history." --STARRED REVIEW, Publishers Weekly "This second collaboration between the Governor-General's Award-winning writer-illustrator team -- who share common Cree ancestry -- focuses on the connection between a boy and his moshom (grandpa) as they travel by plane, foot and boat to the northern wilderness, where a young moshom once lived off the land with his family." -- Globe and Mail "There are many lessons to be learned in this gentle story about intergenerational respect and relationships, both with people and the land." -- Canadian Children's Book Centre "[A] powerful story well told in an understated manner." -- CM: Canadian Review of Materials " On the Trapline is a stunning picture book that highlights Indigenous values, including the deep connections to family and the land." --Mutually Inclusive.