Arrow to Alaska: A Pacific Northwest Adventure

"For all of his six long years," Arrow has watched boats pass by his Seattle-area home and has wanted to "be carried away by one of them." The boy's chance arises when his grandfather invites him to visit him in Alaska, and his aunt offers to take him there on her salmon tender boat. The trip is filled with visceral moments, the sort one remembers for a lifetime. The Angie's diesel stove churns out hotcakes and skillet brownies (a recipe is included), and a "sea of beautiful fish poured out of the sacks and onto the sorting tables." Once they arrive at Grampy Lightning's house, which is built on floating tree trunks, Arrow and his grandfather spend the mornings fishing and the nights watching the stars. Colored in creamy shades of blue, green, pink, and yellow, Viano's (S Is for Salmon) bold, paper-cut images give an almost iconographic heft to the Pacific Northwest's whales, salmon, ferry boats, and islands. An enticing seafaring adventure with clear appeal for readers who reside in the region. Ages 5%E2%80%939. (Apr.)