Paddle-To-The-Sea: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner, (Hardcover)

from sswright46168

Very old book, but a great "adventure" on the Great Lakes. I vaguely remember seeing a movie of it when I was in elementary school (I said it was old!).

from shillson

A Native American boy launches his toy Indian in a canoe, Paddle-to-the-Sea, in Lake Nipigon in hopes that it will make it to the Atlantic Ocean. Over the course of four years the toy falls in to the hands of several people who make sure that it continues on its travels through the Great Lakes, t...

from szanes

this book has been reprinted many times since its first appearance in 1941. It is a charming story of a tiny carved canoe that travels down from Canada, through the Great Lakes and rivers and finally to the sea. The settings are beautifully portrayed with text and illustrations. This is NOT a sho...

from AbigailAdams26

In twenty-seven brief "chapters" - each of which consists of a single page of text, decorated with black and white illustrations, and paired with a full-page color painting - Holling Clancy Holling sets out the story of "Paddle-to-the-Sea," a miniature wooden canoe carved by a young Indian boy in...

from matthewbloome

This was a truly unusual story but I really enjoyed it.