Flying Canoe

On New Year's eve, 1847, eleven-year-old Baptiste finds himself far from his friends and family and his home in La Beauce. He has come to the woods of the Ottawa Valley to live and work among "the finest lumberjacks in Canada." As the New Year approaches, Baptiste and the lumberjacks grow more and more homesick. Resolved to see their families again before the stroke of midnight, the crew board a magical canoe that lifts them into the air, across villages, and closer to home. This beautiful retelling of the Quebecois folktale reunites Roch Carrier with illustrator Sheldon Cohen and translator Sheila Fischman.(The Hockey Sweater, The Basketball Player, The Longest Home Run),and brings this beloved story to life.Carrier, Roch is the author of 'Flying Canoe', published 2004 under ISBN 9780887766367 and ISBN 0887766366.