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'''Holling Clancy Holling''' (born '''Holling Allison Clancy''', August 2, 1900 – September 7, 1973) was an American writer and illustrator, best known for the book ''[[Paddle-to-the-Sea]]'', which was a [[Caldecott Honor|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]].

==Life and career==
Born in [[Jackson County, Michigan]], Holling graduated from the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] in 1923. A number of his early works were first published by P. F. Volland & Co.  He 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 dedicated much of his time and interest to making books for children. Much of the material he used was known to him firsthand. His wife, Lucille, worked with him on many of the illustrations.<ref>[http://www.bfbooks.com/Holling-C-Holling-Collection_2 GF BF Books.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110215521/http://www.bfbooks.com/Holling-C-Holling-Collection_2 |date=2011-01-10 }}</ref>

==Honors and awards==
He was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal in 1942 for ''Paddle-to-the-Sea''.  He received the Commonwealth Club of California Literature Award in 1948 for ''[[Seabird (novel)|Seabird]]'', which was also a runner-up for the [[Newbery Medal]] in 1949.  He was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal again in 1952 for ''[[Minn of the Mississippi]]''.  With his wife, Lucille, he received the Southern California Council on Literature Award in 1961 for ''[[Pagoo]].''<ref>''Twentieth-Century Children's Writers''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. V. 78.</ref>

==Published works==
* ''Sun and Smoke, A Book of New Mexico'', Holling Clancy Holling, 1923.  {{OCLC|862154839}}
* ''[[Little Big Bye-and-Bye]]''.  P. F. Volland Co., 1926.  {{OCLC|4707560}}
* ''[[Rum Tum Tummy: The Elephant Who Ate]]''. Buzza Co., 1927. {{OCLC|18034054}}
* ''[[Claws of the Thunderbird]]''.  P. F. Volland Co., 1928.  {{OCLC|2290354}}
* With Gordon Volland. ''The Rollaway Twins and Their Famous World Flight: A Complete News-Reel''. Minneapolis: Buzza Company, 1928. {{OCLC|777772481}}
* ''[[Rocky Billy]]'' [1928]
* ''[[Choo-Me-Shoo]]'' Buzza Co., 1928. {{OCLC|17990617}}
* ''[[Children of Other Lands]]'' [1929]
* ''[[Twins Who Flew Around the World]]'' [1930]
* ''[[Book of Indians]]'' [1935]
* ''[[Book of Cowboys]]'' [1936]
* ''[[Little Buffalo Boy]]'' [1939]
* ''[[Paddle-to-the-Sea]]'' [1941] A small [[canoe]] carved by an [[First Nations in Canada|Indian]] boy makes a journey from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. The book won a [[Caldecott Honor]].
* ''[[Tree in the Trail]]'' [1942] A [[Populus sect. Aegiros|cottonwood]] tree watches the pageant of history on the Santa Fe Trail for over two hundred years.
* ''[[Seabird (novel)|Seabird]]'' [1948] A [[scrimshaw]] ivory gull is the mascot for four generations of seafarers aboard a whaler, a clipper ship, a steamer, and an airplane. The book won a [[Newbery Medal|Newbery Honor]].
* ''[[Minn of the Mississippi]]'' [1951] A [[snapping turtle]] hatched at the source of the Mississippi is carried through the heart of America to the Gulf of Mexico. The book won a [[Newbery Medal|Newbery Honor]].
* ''[[A World Is Born]]'' [1955]
* ''[[Pagoo]]'' [1957] An intricate study of tide pool life is presented through the story of Pagoo, a [[hermit crab]].

==The World Museum==
Holling wrote and illustrated a full-page [[Sunday strip|Sunday comic strip]] titled ''[[The World Museum]]''. Each strip included a [[diorama]] which could be cut out and assembled into a 3-D scene of, for example, a buffalo hunt or an undersea panorama.

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*Gale Research Company, and Thomson Gale (Firm). ''Something About the Author''. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1971. V. 15 & v.26.
*Twentieth-Century Children's Writers. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. V. 78.

==External links==
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* [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv45499 Guide to the Holling Clancy Holling papers at the University of Oregon]
* [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6k4007bt Guide to the Holling Clancy Holling papers at the University of California Los Angeles]
* {{LCAuth|no89002544|Holling|20|}} (including 4 "from old catalog")

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