Paddle-to-the-Sea - Book

Wonderfully illustrated story of a small canoe carved by an Indian boy and the journey it makes from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Maps on nearly every page help the reader follow the harrowing, instructive trip.

Holling Clancy Holling wrote and illustrated Paddle-to-the-Sea, first published by Houghton Mifflin in 1941 and named a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942. The story follows a small carved canoe with a paddler figure inside as it travels from the Lake Superior country through the Great Lakes and on toward the Atlantic Ocean.

Full-page color paintings alternate with pages of text, and small maps and drawings help young readers follow each stage of the trip, so the book doubles as a lesson in the geography and history of the region. This edition is a large-format paperback.