Paddle-to-the-sea
A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 19, 1980
A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea.
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- Who it’s for
- A carved canoe carries a clear-eyed look at Great Lakes geography and regional history.
- Themes
- Great Lakes geography, Regional history, A journey to the Atlantic
- Genres
- Native Canadian Stories, Boats & Ships, Exploration & Discovery
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A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.
Waterways in View
A carved canoe carries a clear-eyed look at Great Lakes geography and regional history.
Come here for
- A route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic
- Geography and regional history told in text and pictures
Expect
- A small canoe carrying a carved figure
- A journey traced through words and pictures
Where it sits
| Native Canadian Stories | 24% |
|---|---|
| Boats & Ships | 22% |
| Exploration & Discovery | 17% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- The Classics
- US: Native American Stories
- U.S. History
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- Nature & Wildlife
- Canadian Stories
- Toys & Dolls
- Boats & Ships
- Authors
- Holling C. Holling
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 19, 1980
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Great Lakes geography · Regional history · A journey to the Atlantic
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure