Working with the lumberjacks in Ottawa, eleven-year-old Baptiste begins to feel homesick for his life backin the Quebec region of Canada and so magically creates a special canoe that sends him sailing through the night sky.
Related: Americas, Canada, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Primary (ages 6-9)
- ISBN: 9780887766367
- Author: Carrier, Roch
- Illustrator: Cohen, Sheldon
- Translator: Fischman, Sheila
- Published: 2004
- Themes: Childhood, Description and travel
- Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Primary (ages 6-9)