Paddling with Kids: AMC Essential Handbook for Fun and Safe Paddling

By Bruce Lessels & Karen Blom. 168 pages, 2001. Sharing our love of the outdoors with children is fun and exciting -- and sometimes challenging. In this easy-to-use book, Bruce Lessels and Karen Blom share their expertise and experience as parents, whitewater paddlers, and operators of Zoar Outdoor, where they have developed paddling instruction courses and programs for children ages 8 to 18. Parents and youth instructors alike will appreciate the authors' practical advice on everything from getting children excited about paddling to choosing the right gear to teaching proper stroke techniques.

Bruce Lessels, author of the AMC Whitewater Handbook and Classic Northeastern Whitewater Guide, is an international paddling champion. He and his wife, Karen Blom, are longtime instructors at and operators of Zoar Outdoor in Charlemont, Massachusetts.