Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys down river carrying the family on a camping tour. It's the next best thing to paddling it yourself.
Presents the title work in which a child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire, and includes a discussion of teamwork, a visit to the New York Fire Academy Firefighting Training Center, and reviews of related books.
Rosa's grandma is sick in bed and the money jar is empty. Grandma loves to hear their music. Maybe people would pay to hear them. And that is the beginning of the oak street band.
"After Lester is adopted from his foster home by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he can't fall asleep in his new bed. What will it take to make Lester feel home at last?"--Provided by publisher.
