The Canoe’s Story
The Canoe's Story
Fiction / Elementary / Ghana
Sub-Saharan Publishers
2012
"About a tree's journey from the forest to becoming a canoe sailing the ocean. Told from the tree's perspective, this richly illustrated story, portrays the strong ties between man and nature."
A unique story that is written from the point of view of a giant Wawa tree in the forest of Hinderland. Meshack Asare narrates how a tree that had once stood high in the sky to a canoe named “Ka Shi Me”. The tree had never seen the world outside of his forest. The author explains the canoe/tree thoughts and feelings remarkably! He narrates the story so well that you can feel that you are the tree. This is a great book for young children.