Paddle-to-the-Sea: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Sandpiper Books) by Holling C. Holling

A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.