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Up The Creek (2013)

by Nicholas Oldland(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1894786327 (ISBN13: 9781894786324)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Kids Can Press

review 1: Oh how I identified with this story of three best friends trying to get along on their canoe trip. I may have been giggling far too loudly at the desk while I flipped through the page. Children and adults will enjoy this story because I think no matter how old you are, you know that your best friends are the ones you probably will end up arguing with the most. Great illustrations make this a really fun read.
review 2: A bear, a moose, and a beaver decide to go canoeing. Trouble is they all disagree about who is going to do what part of the canoeing. So they end up capsizing, going in circles, and doing everything else that they shouldn’t do. Eventually they figure out just what they need to do in order to move forward. But they forget to pay attention to w... morehere they are going. And often rivers where you canoe tend to have “wild white-water rapids.” All three friends have different strategies for dealing with the rapids, which leaves them stranded on a rock in the middle of the river. Now they have to figure out how to save themselves from being on the rock. Moose wants to “burn the canoe to make a signal fire.” Bear wants to “throw the beaver to the shore to get help.” Beaver wants to swim to shore. Eventually they realize they could work together to paddle through the rapids and make it to shore. Where they eventually walk home instead of going on the river again.This is a fun story. I love the spunky personalities of the three friends. I love the browns, blacks, greens, and blues of the book–only off set by the red canoe and the random bird that is never mentioned but who shows up in most of the illustrations. (Even in the last one with a canoe paddle.) Kids will enjoy reading about these crazy and unlikely friends who finally learn the lesson about working together to get through a crisis. And the small size of the picture book will help the little youngsters feel confident in holding the book and looking at it themselves. less

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