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One Summer Up North

John Owens

This wordless picture book follows a mother, father, and child on a canoe-and-camping trip to the Boundary Waters near the Minnesota–Canada border. After driving north with their canoe, the family carries its gear and paddles through the wilderness before setting up a tent. With no other people nearby, each person spends time alone as well as together. Their days include fishing, picking blueberries, drinking coffee, and taking in the surrounding natural landscape.

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Themes
Family · Nature · Transportation · Travel
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Published
September 15, 2020
Pages
32
ISBN-13
9781517909505
Language
English
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