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Well-read paddlers. PHOTO: KATHLEEN WILKER
a moose all jump into the little red canoe that sinks lower with each new animal.
Whatever You Do,
Don’t Go Near That Canoe Story by Julie Lawson. Pictures by Werner Zimmermann • Published by North Winds Press, 1996 • Ages 4–9
Captain Kelsey McKee warns two children and their stuffed kangaroo to stay away from a magical canoe. Unable to resist, the kids hop aboard and soon find themselves swept up “through fast racing currents, through slow moving tides, far into the fading light” and right into a pirate adventure with Big Bart, gin- ger beer and gleaming doubloons.
Shin-chi’s Canoe Story by Nicola I. Campbell. Pictures by Kim LaFave • Published by Groundwood Books, 2008 • Ages 6 and up
[ LITTLE EXPLORERS ] Story Time FIRESIDE FICTION FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
Whitewater isn’t the only thing young pad- dlers are good at reading. When it’s too cold to paddle or spring showers are falling, snug- gling up with a good book about canoes is al- most as fun as getting out on the water. We’ve picked four great books to get your paddling library started.
One Dog Canoe Story by Mary Casanova. Pictures by Ard Hoyt • Published by Melanie Kroupa Books, 2003 • Ages 2–7
A light-hearted story of how a young girl’s pad- dle with her faithful dog, “a trip for two, just me and you” turns into a multi-animal pile-up. Fun poetry and great pictures are found on every page. A dog, a beaver, a loon, a wolf, a bear and
Crossword CANOE BOOKS by Kathleen Wilker
Down 1. I am a boat you can paddle. 2. You won’t find me or my treasure on a canoe trip…or will you? 3. I traveled by canoe and traded furs. 4. I grow antlers. 5. Watch out for windy lakes that make these waves (two words). 9. The back of the boat.
Across 6. You always wear me on or around water. 7. I make dams. 8. Fast moving water. 10. You use this stroke to steer the boat (two words). 11. I can swim with my babies on my back.
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This story is about two children, Shin-chi and his big sister Shi-shi-etko, who are taken to resi- dential school. It’s Shi-shi-etko’s second year, so she tells her brother what to expect—“My English name is Mary. Your English name is Da- vid. And don’t forget, we aren’t allowed to talk to each other until June.” She also tells him to comfort himself with memories of their home. At school, Shin-chi holds tight to the little cedar canoe his father gave him and dreams of the dugout canoe that he and his sister will paddle when they finally return home.
The Red Sash Story by Jean N. Pendziwol. Pictures by Nicolas Debon • Published by Groundwood Books, 2005 • Ages 6–9
A young Métis boy waits for his voyageur father to return to the busy trading post north of Su- perior, where there is to be a rendezvous. A rab- bit hunt on a nearby island becomes more of an adventure than the boy, his sister and her suitor intended when a sudden storm hits. At the end of the story, the boy’s courage is rewarded when his father hands him his very own red sash, like a true voyageur. —Kathleen Wilker
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Answers: 1. canoe, 2. pirate, 3. voyageur, 4. moose, 5. white caps, 6. lifejacket, 7. beaver, 8. rapids, 9. stern, 10. j stroke, 11. loon
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