Pastonkik: Minkôganank

A collection of fruit bearing plants photographed by nature photographer Kimberly J Tilley. In this book there are a few of her favourite images of blueberries and fruit trees from her backyard and travels along forest trails. The images were created from 2007 - 2020 at various locations in the USA. This book series title, Pastonkik, means "in the United States" and it comes from the Abenaki language. The Abenaki are from the Northeast. Native American languages and Latin are used in this series to identify specimens. There are 18 books in total featuring Kimberly's favourite landscapes, waterscapes, insects, plants, birds and wildlife images.

"This is a cherry plum tree that grew at the house we lived at in Washington State. The raccoons spent many nights in this tree. Our dog also liked to eat the plums and the other fruits of the backyard." -Page 20