One-Dog Canoe

by Mary Casanova (Author) Ard Hoyt (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

I set off one morning in my little red canoe.
My dog wagged his tail.
Can I come, too?
You bet, I said.
A trip for two--just me and you.

When a girl and her dog set out on a canoe trip together, they're expecting a quiet afternoon for two. Then a beaver decides to join them, even when the girl protests that It's a one-dog canoe. And when a loon, and a wolf, and a bear, and a moose all ask for a ride, it's almost too much. But they all manage to fit in this one-dog canoe--until a frog comes along. . . .

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Kirkus

A girl sets out on a canoe ride and is joined by her dog, then a variety of animal passengers. . . . Hoyt, in his children's book debut, plays with perspective . . . [while] Casanova's rhyming text employs a familiar cumulative twist as each animal requests a ride.

School Library Journal

A lively rhyming text and wry sense of humor take a wide-eyed, ponytailed little girl and her dog on an adventurous trip down the river. . . . Their inevitable big splash will surely elicit giggles.

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Mary Casanova

Mary Casanova is author of more than thirty books for young readers, ranging from picture books such as One-Dog Canoe and Wake Up, Island (Minnesota, 2016) to the novels Moose Tracks (Minnesota, 2013) and Frozen (Minnesota, 2012). Her books have earned the American Library Association Notable Award, Aesop Accolades from the American Folklore Society, Parents' Choice Gold Award, and Booklist Editors' Choice, as well as two Minnesota Book Awards. She and her husband live in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border.

Nick Wroblewski is an artist and printmaker specializing in handmade woodcut blockprints; his art is in private collections and galleries throughout the country. He illustrated Mary Casanova's book Wake Up, Island (Minnesota, 2016) and lives in Duluth, Minnesota, with his wife and two children.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780312561185
Lexile Measure
440
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Square Fish
Publication date
May 20, 2009
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002070 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
JUV032060 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Water Sports
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Stories in rhyme
Canoes and canoeing

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