About this book

At last — Canada's favourite storyteller takes on Canada's most beloved pastime!

Ciara is tired of hauling her hockey gear across town to play on the rink. It makes no sense—there is a perfectly good frozen river in her own backyard! But her dad says it's too jagged, and her mom says it's too bumpy, and her older sisters don't see why she can't keep going all the way across town, just like they did. But Ciara won't let anybody stop her. And with a little help from the neighbourhood, she knows that her team, the River Rink Rats, will finally win a game on their own brand new rink.

In classic Robert Munsch style, this warm fun story of community and hockey takes a hilarious turn. With the excitement and pace of a real hockey match, the River Rink Rats play their final game on their new rink. The pressure is on; the crowd is watching; Ciara has the puck; the crowd keeps watching; the ice starts to...CRACK!; Ciara keeps playing; the ice starts to drift; the crowd starts running; Ciara shoots to SCORE and—

You can be sure that no matter how the game ends, there will be hot chocolate!

This ebook features read-along narration by the author.

Behind the scenes

While Robert Munsch was in Hay River, Northwest Territories, in 2004, he decided to visit Fort Resolution, a 270-kilometre drive along a mostly dirt road. A man in Hay River lent Munsch his four-wheel-drive truck for the trip. When he returned it, the man’s daughter Ciara was just back from playing hockey across town. Munsch asked why there was no rink on the river at the back of the house. That question led to this story, which is the best story he made up on the trip. A neat thing about this book is that it has been translated into Inuktitut for kids in Nunavut.

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