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On Monday (March 25), I get to be Guest Reader in my daughter's 2nd grade class. Since we start the racing season soon, I'd love to have a book that touches on WW canoeing. I may read some part of Holling C. Holling's Paddle-to-the-Sea. However, I thought I might leverage the collective wisdom here to see if anyone knows of other books that might work.

It needs to be:

(a) Appropriate for second graders
(b) Have a story
(c) Readable in say 15-20 minutes (either in whole or in an understandable part)
(d) Preferrably have pictures
(e) Something I could conceivable get my hands on at a U.S. public library

Thanks!

If no one knows of any, maybe some (or some) of us should try our hands at writing one!

Lok like something Paul and his daughter good do well!! I'd buy one. Fun, cartoon, instructional. That would be great!
Just an idea.

Have you tried searching Amazon for books by Sandra Boynton?

Three in Norway (by two of them) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_in_N ... of_them%29

It has a quite trilling part where they paddle down the Sjoa River.

Try "Paddle to the Sea"

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My kids loved it at that age

http://www.amazon.com/The-Berenstain-Be ... 039486543X" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There is a copy of this in my house somewhere. As I recall, it is a cautionary tale about careful scouting.

-Z

There is great one about Stickeen -John Muirs dog and the Stikine river

Whitewater Scrubs by Jamie McEwan
It is really about kayaking, but I switch a few words around and include some cross bow action for my kids.

Thanks everyone. I went with Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera Williams. It seemed to go over well. I brought in some props (whistle, PFD, helmet, throw bag) and mixed in mini-safety meeting. The kids thought the throw-bag was pretty neat.