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Title: Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling, Terry Bregy ISBN: 0-9741711-4-X Publisher: Audio Bookshelf Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (52 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Paddle To The Store And Get A Copy Of This Book!
Comment: Paddle-To-The-Sea was one of the first long books my mother read to me [early 60's] and one of the first long books I read on my own. Many elements make this a fantastic book for elementary school-age children: it is an excellent geography lesson, teaching the reader about the Great Lakes region; it shows a character being creative and sending his creation out into the world without knowing if there will be a return for his actions; the payoff for the carver of Paddle-To-The-Sea comes only after a long period of time. When I spent the summer of 1966 in Minnesota with my family, we visited many of the places in the book including Lake Superior. I remember how much the book informed that summer. Several years ago I revisited Lake Superior for the first time since '66 and the images of a small carved Native American in a canoe were still on my mind. Give this book to a young person so they can take its literary journey and have it leave them with a lasting impression.
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic adventure story of a carved Indian
Comment: This children's book is a story of an Indian boy in Canada near Lake Nipigon (just north of Lake Superior) who carves a model of an Indian sitting in a canoe. In addition, he carves a name on the bottom of the canoe: "Paddle-to-the-Sea." The boy then sets it in the late winter snow and watches as the canoe follows the melting snow on its way to Lake Superior. The book then follows the canoe all the way to France. Children of all ages seem to love this book. And, it doesn't seem to matter what decade it is when they first read it. The book was a 1942 Caldecott Honor book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for best illustration in a children's book.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best children's books ever!
Comment: Although this book is quite old, I had never read it before. What a wonderful book I've missed out on! This is a timeless book that encompasses a great story, history, geography, and the good will of people. There were a few lines that made me a bit uncomfortable that referred to Indians, but they really did seem to blend well with the story, and by the end of the book I had a deep appreciation for them. It's quite complicated, short chapter book with some very advanced vocabulary that would be hard for younger children.
I think young kids would like it because of the great story. Older kids would like it because of the huge amount of geography involved, and they could really get into looking at all the maps and follow the path the canoe takes on the way to the ocean. I also think kids in the upper Midwest would learn a lot about their area and maybe a little bit about the Indians who have been in this area for a lot longer than any of us. I really liked the way the author incorporated the different ports the canoe came upon and mentioned things about the town. For example, Duluth was described as "a city on a hill" with iron ore as its export. There were also really nice parts about the wildlife, the storms, and the general scenery that the canoe encounters.
Besides the wonderful story, the drawings and illustrations are exceptional. There are illustrations of the route that the canoe took along with an arrow pointing where paddle-to-the-sea is now. There are illustrations showing a sawmill, a canal lock, a breeches buoy, and a lake freighter. I believe this book would be great to study as a class by bringing out the history of the great lakes region, the history of Native Americans in the region, geography of the great lakes region, and the biology of the region.
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Title: Seabird by Holling C. Holling ISBN: 0395266815 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 26 April, 1978 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling ISBN: 039554534X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 30 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling ISBN: 0395273994 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 11 October, 1978 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Pagoo by Holling C. Holling, Lucille Webster Holling ISBN: 0395539641 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 26 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess ISBN: 0486428400 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 23 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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