Paddle-to-the-Sea

by Holling Clancy Holling

Paper Book, 1984

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Description

A young Indian boy carves an Indian figure in a small canoe and sends him off on a long, adventurous journey through the Great Lakes to the sea.

Tags

AmblesideOnline, AO Year 1, Geography, AO Form 1A, Beautiful Feet, BF Intermediate: 4th-6th, BF Middle School/Jr. High: 7th-8th, Sonlight, TOG, Caldecott Medal Honor, Reshelving Alexandria, RA Best Picture Books for Boys Ages 4-6, Honey for a Child's Heart, HfaCH Ages 9-12, Exploring Nature with Children, ENWC February, geography, Great Lakes

Awards

Caldecott Medal (Honor Book — 1942)
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1962)

Lexile

840L

Media reviews

"A Critical Bibliography On North American Indians, For K-12"
A young American Indian boy (no tribe indicated) carves a small canoe with a seated figure to paddle it and sends the two off on a journey from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. … This is the story of Paddle-to-the-Sea's many adventures over the four years it takes him to reach the sea. No
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Subjects

Great Lakes Juvenile fiction
Great Lakes (North America) Juvenile fiction

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