Title:
Paddle-to-the-Sea
Author:
ISBN:
9780395150825
9780395292037
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1969.
Physical Description:
[63] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents:
How paddle-to-the sea came to be -- Long river reaching to the sea -- Paddle starts on his journey -- Brook and beaver pond -- Breakup of the river -- Paddle meets a sawmill -- Paddle meets a friend -- Largest lake in the world -- Paddle crosses two borders -- Life in northern marsh -- Paddle finds one end of Lake Superior -- Fish story -- Adrift again -- Shipwreck -- Dry dock -- By dog sled to the soo -- Non-stop down Lake Michigan -- Paddle returns to the north -- Forest fire -- Through Lake Huron -- Paddle reaches Lake Erie -- Paddle takes a great fall -- Lake Ontario--at last -- Along the great river -- Rivers in the sea -- Paddle finds a new friend -- On a wharf.
Reading Level:
840 L Lexile
Geographic Term:
Summary:
A small toy canoe carved by an Indian boy makes a journey from Lake Superior through the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, and Niagara Falls, all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.
