Up North at the Cabin (Hardcover)
Staff Reviews
This is by far my favorite children’s book. Along-side the beautiful
illustrations is a very eloquently written story of a little girl going
Up North to stay with her grandparents on vacation. It is written from
her perspective, so it offers a very accurate insight into the mind of a
child. She swims in the lake, eats dinner on the screened in porch with
her grandparents, and even goes on an adventure in the woods where she
imagines she is in an Indian tribe. This is the perfect book for any
child to read while on vacation in Northern Michigan.
Up north ath the cabin,
I am a great gray dolphin.
The lake is my ocean...
Up north at the cabin,
I am a fearless voyageur,
guiding our canoe through the wilderness...
Up north at the cabin
I am always brave --
even in the dark woods,
when blood thumps through my head
like old Ojiway drums.
The magic of summer, the call of the north woods, and the exuberance of childhood imagination combine here to create a book that will be treasured long after the last autumn leaf has fallen.
Marsha Wilson Chall grew up an only child in Minnesota, where her father told her the best stories. The author of many picture books, including Up North at the Cabin, One Pup's Up, and Pick a Pup, Marsha teaches writing at Hamline University's MFAC program in St. Paul, Minnesota. She lives on a small farm west of Minneapolis with her husband, dog, and barn cats.
Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher are an illustration team with more than forty picture books in print. Their work has garnered rave reviews and won awards. Their books include My Many Colored Days, Bebop Express, I Walk at Night, New York's Bravest, The Velveteen Rabbit, and The Salamander Room. They were also concept artists for Pixar's Toy Story and A Bug's Life. They live in California with their son.