Holling C. Holling | Author

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Holling, Holling Clancy
Other names: Clancy, Holling Allison (birth name)
Birthdate: 1900-08-02
Date of death: 1973-09-07
Burial location: Nims Cemetery Henrietta Township, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Holling Corners, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, USA
Places of residence: Pasadena, California, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Education: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BA|1923)
Occupations: children's book author
comic strip writer-artist (The World Museum)
designer
freelance book illustrator
freelance advertising artist
taxidermist
Relationships: Holling, Lucille Webster (spouse)
Organizations: Field Museum of Natural History
National Film Board of Canada
United States Army (WWI)
Walt Disney Studios (1943-1945)
Los Angeles Corral of Westerners
Awards and honors: Commonwealth Club of California Literature Award (1948)
Southern California Council on Literature Award (1961)
Caldecott Honor Book (1942)
Newbery Honor Book (1949, 1952)
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1962)
Short biography: His wife Lucille worked with him on many illustrations. He specialized in "geo-historical-fiction" for children

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Pagoo by Holling C. Holling

Way too many words for me right now, tbh. *But.* But when I was a child, I know I would have read this many times. I had a similar book, a reference, that was much more brief, that I read over and over, as I tried to glean more details from it. The text here is rich and seems both engaging and poetic, from the bits I skimmed.

*And.* And the pictures in this are amazing, for any age reader. I think maybe my favorite is either 'Pagoo was surrounded by a cloud of fairy ornaments' or 'the double-shelled mussel towered up from the canyon.' Get a paper copy of this; don't try to read it on your device.

Btw, the illustrations are a team effort by both Hollings. GR's listing format doesn't allow for odd situations like the one here.… (more)

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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 6 other reviews | Oct 18, 2024 |

Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling

Absolutely fantastic, beautiful, wonderful. The story, the illustrations, the education, the history. We loved it all! I've been trying to read this book with my children for 12 years now!!! We start and then life gets busy and we don't finish. I've read it very slowly over the last year with my three youngest and we finished today. It was a beautiful journey and they learned so much! A treasure for our library, for sure!

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classyhomemaker | 25 other reviews | Dec 11, 2023 |

Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling

This is an illustrated history of the Santa Fe Trail and a significant cottonwood tree. A good friend loaned it me after telling it had been his all time favorite book as a young reader.

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jjbinkc | 3 other reviews | Aug 27, 2023 |

Paddle-to-the-Sea: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner… by Holling C. Holling

A beautifully illustrated story about love of the great waters and hope for the future.
I loved it and so will my grands.
I originally got the audio and it is so very well interpreted.
First published in 1946.

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jetangen4571 | 25 other reviews | Jul 15, 2023 |

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