River Book cover type:Hardcover from widely admired writer and

from widely admired writer and teacher Verlyn Klinkenborg

Stories are shared

Originally published in 1955

In He Saw That It Was Good

River Book cover type:Hardcover from widely admired writer andCaldecott Honor winner Elisha Cooper invites readers to grab their oars and board a canoe down a river exploration filled with adventure and beauty. In Cooper's flowing prose and stunning watercolor scenes, readers can follow a traveler's trek down the Hudson River as she and her canoe explore the wildlife, flora and fauna, and urban landscape at the river's edge. Through perilous weather and river rushes, the canoe and her captain survive and