| Paddle-To-The-Sea: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner Contributor(s): Holling, Holling C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395150825 ISBN-13: 9780395150825 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1941 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Toys, Dolls & Puppets |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 840 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.05" W x 11.31" (1.11 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6483 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holling, Holling C.: - 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. |