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Holling C. Holling

Author, Illustrator

(1900 - 1973)

Holling Clancy Holling (born Holling Allison Clancy, August 2, 1900 – September 7, 1973) was an American author and illustrator, best known for the book “Paddle to the Sea,” which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942. Paddle to the Sea won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962. In 1966, Bill Mason directed the Oscar-nominated short film Paddle to the Sea, based on Holling’s book, for the National Film Board of Canada.



Bibliography

Book of Cowboys (1936)

Peter and Barbara Ann spend the summer on their uncle’s ranch and learn about cowboys firsthand.

Read online at archive.org.

The Book of Indians (1935)

Blending history and stories, this account of the American Indian has become a classic.

Read online at archive.org.

Children Of Other Lands (1943)

From North America to North Africa and everywhere in-between, twelve stories of how children of other lands live.  For this wartime edition Canada was substituted for Japan.

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Claws of the Thunderbird: A Tale of Three Lost Indians (1928)

Three Chippewa children captured by the Sioux escape to warn their tribe of an imminent raid by their enemy. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s): Holling C. Holling

Little Buffalo Boy (1939)

A story about the plains Indians.

Minn of the Mississippi (1951)

We see the Mississippi River through the eyes of a snapping turtle.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s): Holling C. Holling

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1952

Paddle-to-the-Sea (1941)

Explore the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway with Paddle.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s): Holling C. Holling

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1942

Pagoo (1957)

The life history of a hermit crab.

Read online at archive.org.

 

Rocky Billy (1928)

The adventures of a young mountain goat. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s): Holling C. Holling

Rum-Tum-Tummy (1936)

Rum Tum Tummy was a bold, bad elephant until he met up with a railway and a typhoon.

Author(s): Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s): Holling C. Holling

Seabird (1948)

The Seabird follows the history of American seafaring.

Read online at archive.org.

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1949

Treasure Book of Favorite Tales (1936)

A collection of thirty-six stories. Includes Little Folks of Other Lands, fairy tales and fables.

Tree in the Trail (1942)

The story of a cottonwood tree leads to the history of the Santa Fe Trail.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s): Holling C. Holling

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