by Nikki Rajala | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured
Bon jour! (“Good day” in French) Have you wondered what the foreign words in “Waters Like the Sky” or “Treacherous Waters” sound like as you’re reading about the adventures and mishaps of a brigade of fur traders in the 1800s? If so, now you can check out the...
by Nikki Rajala | Aug 10, 2018 | Voyageur
Where in the world is André? Are the waters really treacherous? Please give me a map so I can see where “Treacherous Waters” takes place. Taya, 15, Blake, and Kjell, 13, (Time for maps, one of my favorite tasks.) For a kid in French-Canada in the early...
by Nikki Rajala | Jun 16, 2017 | Voyageur
Why were the blades of voyageur paddles red? Was it to show them how deep they should paddle? (Darcy) Hmmm. After only a few hours of paddling, canoeists wouldn’t probably need a marker on their paddles — they would instinctively know how deep to paddle. I’ve...
