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Alabama Neighbors
Big Screen
Canoeing
Compass Skills
Connections
Creepy Crawlies
Down To Earth
Feathers in Focus
Food For Thought
Forest Critters
High Adventure
Invention Convention
Map Masters
Native Americans and the Earth
Night Hike
Orienteering
Pond and Stream Studies
Refuge
Rock Query
Sense of Place
Sensory Awareness
Songs, Sparks and Stories
Team Adventure/ Team Challenge
Trail of Discovery
Woods Walk/ Value of a Tree
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Canoeing
Book |
Type |
Access |
Author |
Summary |
Concepts |
Additional Info |
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe |
PB |
M |
Vera Williams |
A child’s canoe trip, this picture book also includes extras such as instructions on knot-tying and opportunism for extensions into mapping. |
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Third grade reading level |
Up River |
CNF |
M |
Asch |
Laid out like a picture book, but with text like a chapter book, this is the story of two 13 year old boys who became involved in a canoeing clean-up of a river. Although the dialogue sometimes feels false, the book is filled with pictures and valuable information. |
Water pollution, restoration efforts |
Grades 3-6 |
Brian’s Return |
MG |
M |
Gary Paulson |
After his wilderness experiences, Brian finds he is no longer comfortable in the city and, taking a canoe, goes to live in the boundary waters. |
Wilderness, survival, canoe as transportation |
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