Fun read-aloud with beautiful paintings. This book made my children and I want to visit the Canadian bush (so long as we wouldn't have to use leaves as toilet paper. My kids were not at all keen on that idea).

I'm so glad that Kurelek preserved the last days of the traditional lumber camps with his recollections and his artwork. I think this book might actually hold more for adults than for kids (like the part about the former Nazi who made fun of Kurelek for being so skinny. I'm pretty positive my kids didn't find that as disturbing as I did). ( )