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The flying canoe
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The flying canoe
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On New Years 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 (3z(Bthe finest lumberjacks in Canada.(3y (BAs 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.
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Authors
Carrier, Roch
Cohen, Sheldon, 1949-
Fischman, Sheila
Subjects
Legends--Canada.
Canadians, French-speaking--Folklore.
Language
English