Children's Books

December 31, 2004 11:20 AM

AnotherLostChildren'sBookFilter

I am looking for two children's books by the same author. One is about a carved wooden indian in a canoe that makes an amazing journey. The other is about a hermit crab as it makes its way through various new shells. My 3rd grade teacher read them to us, and I loved them, but I can't remember anything useful like author or title. Thanks!
posted by omphale27 to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

I'm pretty sure the wooden canoe story was called "Paddle to the Sea." I loved that, too. Thanks for reminding me of it!
posted by nixxon at 11:23 AM on December 31, 2004

The hermit crab one is Pagoo.
posted by jtron at 11:40 AM on December 31, 2004

Paddle-to-the-Sea and Pagoo, by Holling C. Holling and Lucille Holling
posted by Sidhedevil at 11:41 AM on December 31, 2004

Just in case you don't notice on sid's link, but Paddle to the Sea is also a film. I loved it when I was a kid.
posted by Juicylicious at 11:49 AM on December 31, 2004

Response by poster: Perfect! Thanks so much for the help! I am excited to be able to 1) return these books to my own collection, and 2) to add them to the collections of others.
posted by omphale27 at 11:57 AM on December 31, 2004

Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab may also fit the bill.
posted by littlegreenlights at 11:57 AM on December 31, 2004

We used Pagoo when I was homeschooling my kids. All that guy's books were great for unit studies and such.
posted by konolia at 1:35 PM on December 31, 2004

Does Anyone Know Where A Hermit Crab Goes?
posted by Tufa at 10:05 PM on January 1, 2005