That's an old tale - Wow I forgot about that story! It's fun to think someone thought of bringing it back - and in English!! The tale was called "La Chasse-galerie" in French Here's a blurb I found on the Net: "The Christmas Canoe Shelley Posen Illustrated by Magdalene Carson Père Noël brings Christmas to the snowbound crew of an old-time Ottawa Valley lumber shanty. He arrives in a giant flying canoe packed with Christmas goodies, propelled by elf voyageurs. Shelley's story is a turnabout of the classic Quebec folktale, La Chasse-galerie, rendered in perfect rhyming verse à la Robert W. Service. Magdalene Carson's witty illustrations delight the eye. You can almost feel the cold of the swirling snow, the warmth of the shanty's camboose fire, the breezy eddies of Père Noël's great canoe as it passes overhead. /The Christmas Canoe/ blends old and new, fact and fancy, and the lore of the Ottawa Valley's Irish and French communities, to create a charming new traditional tale you can read with your family at any season. " Martha Costello a écrit : > 'Lo all, > > I just bought / read a book for my g'children that I found absolutely > delightful! Illustrations were a feast for the eyes! so thought I'd > share...... > > "When the crew of an old-time lumber shanty is snowed in on Dec 24 > Pere Noel and his elf voyageurs fly by canoe to bring them a Christmas > reveillon they'll never forget" > > 1st url below is the publisher's home page, 2nd is the book. There's > an 800 number. > > http://www.gsph.com/index.php?Lang=En&ID=1 > > http://www.gsph.com/index.php?ID=553&Lang=En > > Christmas Cheer! > > Martha > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

I just ordered 5 copies for the Grand Kids and a Friend.. Thank You for the Idea,, fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Syl" <syl@securenet.net> To: "Martha Costello" <mar-pat2@rogers.com> Cc: <quebec@rootsweb.com>; <QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [Q-R] The Christmas Canoe - a new book That's an old tale - Wow I forgot about that story! It's fun to think someone thought of bringing it back - and in English!! The tale was called "La Chasse-galerie" in French Here's a blurb I found on the Net: "The Christmas Canoe Shelley Posen Illustrated by Magdalene Carson Père Noël brings Christmas to the snowbound crew of an old-time Ottawa Valley lumber shanty. He arrives in a giant flying canoe packed with Christmas goodies, propelled by elf voyageurs. Shelley's story is a turnabout of the classic Quebec folktale, La Chasse-galerie, rendered in perfect rhyming verse à la Robert W. Service. Magdalene Carson's witty illustrations delight the eye. You can almost feel the cold of the swirling snow, the warmth of the shanty's camboose fire, the breezy eddies of Père Noël's great canoe as it passes overhead. /The Christmas Canoe/ blends old and new, fact and fancy, and the lore of the Ottawa Valley's Irish and French communities, to create a charming new traditional tale you can read with your family at any season. " Martha Costello a écrit : > 'Lo all, > > I just bought / read a book for my g'children that I found absolutely > delightful! Illustrations were a feast for the eyes! so thought I'd > share...... > > "When the crew of an old-time lumber shanty is snowed in on Dec 24 > Pere Noel and his elf voyageurs fly by canoe to bring them a Christmas > reveillon they'll never forget" > > 1st url below is the publisher's home page, 2nd is the book. There's > an 800 number. > > http://www.gsph.com/index.php?Lang=En&ID=1 > > http://www.gsph.com/index.php?ID=553&Lang=En > > Christmas Cheer! > > Martha > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message