What a great book, Caldecott prize winner too. I recall it in the same era as One Morning in Maine. Paddle really does visually define beausage, eh? Craftsmanship, pride in product, wonder of travel beyond your limits, whatever they are.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Sunday, January 26, 2014 5:26:01 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > My wife discovered and bought a book I read once in elementary school and > then in faded into the mist but stuck with me in ways the great stories do > after even one telling. Paddle-to-the-Sea exemplifies the spirit of > Rivendell, as least as I experience it. It is a joy to get to share it with > my kids. > > It has a spirit of creation and craftsmanship, wild adventure, long > waylays, seeming destruction turned to renewal and unexpected help for the > helpless, ardent adventurer on a noble quest, and selfless love and giving > of strangers crossing paths for brief periods, both the better for the > encounter. > > In case you know it and it was also lost in the mist, here is a reminder. > > > http://www.amazon.com/Paddle-----Sea-Sandpiper-Books/dp/0395292034/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390774861&sr=1-3&keywords=paddle > > With abandon, > Patrick > > *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* > *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
