One-Dog Canoe (or "Can I come too?")

Another hilarious story for young readers is One-Dog Canoe written by Mary Casanova, illustrated by Ard Hoyt. In this story, a girl and her dog set off for a canoe ride, when other animals ask to join. The menagerie includes a beaver, a loon, a wolf, a bear, a moose, and finally a frog, who upends and sinks the whole crew. It's a cumulative story told in rhyme and anchored on the question "Can I come too?" It's a fun/funny North Woods adventure, and it was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in 2004.