Me and You and the Red Canoe

Jean E Pendziwol author Phil illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada

Published:14th Sep '17

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Me and You and the Red Canoe cover

“A true gem that invites contemplation and reflection in children, who are often too busy to notice the beauty of everyday life.” — School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

In the stillness of a summer dawn, two siblings leave their campsite with fishing rods, tackle and bait, and push a red canoe into the lake. A perfect morning on the water unfolds, with thrilling glimpses of wildlife along the way.

The narrator describes the experience vividly. Trailing a lure through the blue-green depths, the siblings paddle around a point, spotting a moose in the shallows, a beaver swimming towards its home and an eagle returning to its nest. Suddenly there is a sharp tug and the rod bends to meet the water. A few heart-stopping moments later, the pair pull a silvery trout from the water, then paddle back to the campsite to fry up a delicious breakfast.

The poetic text is accompanied by stunningly beautiful paintings rendered on wood panels that give a nostalgic feeling to the story.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

A true gem that invites contemplation and reflection in children, who are often too busy to notice the beauty of everyday life. * School Library Journal *
Free-verse poetry full of sensory details, evocative language, and repetition pair with scratchy illustrations in the greens, browns, and blues of the natural world to capture a morning of fishing from a red canoe. … Evocative, lyrical, perfect. * Kirkus Reviews *
The calm, distempered pictures and cool prose of Me and You and the Red Canoe seem to distill the essence of lakeside summertime. * Wall Street Journal *

  • Commended for Kirkus Best Picture Books 2017 (United States)

ISBN: 9781554988471

Dimensions: 222mm x 222mm x 6mm

Weight: 381g

32 pages