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One-Dog Canoe | 
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| Author: Mary Casanova
Creator: Ard Hoyt
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Category: Book
List Price: $16.50
Buy New: $9.31
You Save: $7.19 (44%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 336372
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0374356386
EAN: 9780374356385
ASIN: 0374356386
Publication Date: March 6, 2003
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand new item. Over 3.5 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Order with confidence. Code: B20080906212818T
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
When the impish blonde heroine of Mary Casanova's One-Dog Canoe sets out for a paddle around the lake, she intends to have just one animal along for the ride: her dog. The two canoe companionably for a time, gliding past pine trees, ducks, fish, and frogs. Then a beaver on the bank asks if he can join them. The girl protests politely--"It's a one-dog canoe"--but the beaver scrambles in anyway and finds a seat comfortably near the picnic basket. The girl's credibility is lost. Soon the three are joined by a loon, a wolf, a bear, and a moose, and finally a frog hoping for a dry ride. Casanova's rhythmic rhymes and onomatopoeic sound effects ("Swoosh-a-bang flop!" as the canoe finally capsizes) add charm to the familiar story pattern, and the lengthening refrain "It's a one-moose, one-bear, one-wolf, one-loon, one-beaver, one-dog canoe!" will be fun for children to chant. Ard Hoyt's winning pencil and watercolor illustrations bring all the characters to life. The look of satisfaction on the beaver's face when he first sits down and the girl's growing indignation and alarm are especially giggle-worthy. (Ages 4 to 8) --Jennifer Lindsay
Product Description
Sometimes – the more the merrierI 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.”But when “with a slap and a swim” Beaver scrambles in, and then “with a ‘woo-hooo!’ – flap!” Loon lands in the young canoeist’s lap, it’s clear that this will be no ordinary canoe trip. A bouncy rhyming text and exuberant pictures full of funny, escalating antics will have young readers laughing out loud – for just when it seems the canoe can’t hold anyone else, frog jumps in!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
One-Dog Canoe is wonderful! July 9, 2007
I bought One-Dog Canoe to read to my two year old granddaughter. It was a HUGE hit with the whole family!! I must have read it to her at least 10 times over the course of one weekend. My son (her father) loved it too - we Minnesotans love a good canoe story!! Mary Casanova is such a good author!
An Instant Hit! June 26, 2007
I purchased this book on a recommendation from a fellow volunteer in a children's literacy group. What a fabulous book! I read it to classes of both Kindergarteners and 2nd graders alike, and every child (no exaggeration) loved it. I also bought a copy for my niece when she was 3, and she soon had it memorized - the ryming is fantastic, and not at all annoying. I especially enjoyed the illustration details - there are many nuances that children ill find each time they read the book.
Hands down one of my favorites.
Awesome book October 24, 2005
I bought this book for my 3 kids, ages 7, 5 and 3, and we really enjoyed it. I heard about the author in my Literature Course, and wanted to read a book from her. I loved the drawings and the rhyming, which made a perfect book for a group reading. My kids enjoyed it too, specially with all those animals in the story.
Great book August 22, 2005
This is a wonderful book. It is very unique, featuring animals of the Northwoods such as moose and bear. It is a joy to read with an memorable cadence. Your child will enjoy it.
A darling little story July 31, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is such a fun little story. My three year old twin girls just love it. I will read it to them many times a day, and they always bust into laughter. They think all the animals are so funny when they want to take a ride in the One-dog Canoe. Great story for all children.
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