I shelved this at the library and the cover caught my eye. I typically don't bring home "True Tales" for my kids because those titles don't really hold their attention but I pre-read this and the story was so fascinating I knew I wanted to check it out.

Their attention was rapt from page 1. The art is great and I love that this isn't a book about a famous person. It's one unique event in the life of a man who could have been anyone's grandfather.

The front pages have lots of woodland animals so we had a nice time talking about all the animals that live on our property (we abut a stand of trees) that also live in Gowganda. There are lots of probing questions one could do with this book.