Paddle-To-The-Sea

Holling, Holling Clancy

ISBN 10: 0780727827 ISBN 13: 9780780727823

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1980

Synopsis

Paddle-To-The-Sea A young Indian boy carves a canoe and travels through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The text and pictures provide an excellent geographical and historical picture of the region. Caldecott Honor Book.

About this title

Review:

"Geography of the best kind made vivid by the power of imagination."

About the Author:

Born in Jackson County, Michigan, in 1900, Holling Clancy Holling graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1923. He then worked in a taxidermy department of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and spent time working in anthropology under Dr. Ralph Linton. During this period, he married Lucille Webster and within a year of their marriage accepted a position as art instructor on the first University World Cruise, sponsored by New York University. For many years, Holling C. Holling dedicated much of his time and interest to making books for children. Much of the material he used was known to him first hand, and his wife, Lucille, worked with him on many of the illustrations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0780727827
• ISBN 13: 9780780727823
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Holling Holling Clancy