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"Geography of the best kind made vivid by the power of
imagination." Horn Book
"Geography of the best kind made vivid by the power of
imagination." Horn Book Guide
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A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside
and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle''s journey, in text and
pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an
excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.
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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.
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