Holling
Allison
Clancy
Born:
08/02/1900
Holling Corners, Henrietta Twp, (Jackson County)
Died: 09/07/1973
Parents: Bennett Allison Clancy and Lulah Holling
Spouse: Lucille Webster
Contact Information:
Website: http://hollingcholling.blogspot.com/
Died: 09/07/1973
Parents: Bennett Allison Clancy and Lulah Holling
Spouse: Lucille Webster
Contact Information:
Website: http://hollingcholling.blogspot.com/
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The Magic Story Tree ; A Favorite Collection of Fifteeen Fairy Tales and Fables and - Illustrated by Lucille and H. C. Holling. |
Folklore | Children | New York, Platt & Munk | 1964 | |
|
Pagoo - illustrated by the author and Lucille Webster Holling. |
Fiction, Picture Book | Children | Cambridge, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin | 1957 | |
|
Minn of the Mississippi - illustrated by the author. |
Fiction, Picture Book | Children | Boston : Houghton Mifflin | 1951 | |
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Seabird - illustrated by the author. Newbery Honor Book ; 1949 |
Fiction, Adventure, Picture Book | Children | Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co | 1948 | |
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Tree in the Trail - illustrated by the author. |
Historical Fiction, Picture Book | Children | Boston, Houghton Mifflin company | 1942 | |
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Paddle-to-the-Sea - Illustrated by the author. A young Indian boy carves an Indian figure in a small canoe and sends him off on a long adventurous journey through the Great Lakes to the sea. |
Fiction, Adventure, Michigan, Picture Book | Children | Boston : Houghton Mifflin | 1941 | |
|
Little Buffalo Boy - Illustrated by author and his wife |
Fiction | Children | Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co. | 1939 | |
|
The Book of Cowboys - Illustrated by author and his wife (Publication Years: 1936, 1962) |
Non Fiction | Children | [New York] : Platt & Munk Co. | 1936 | |
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The Book of Indians - Illustrated by author and his wife |
Non Fiction | Children | New York : Platt and Munk | 1935 | |
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The Twins Who Flew around the World - Self-illustrated |
Fiction | Children | [New York] : Platt & Munk Co. | 1935 | |
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The road in storyland : edited by Watty Piper - illustrated by Lucille W. and H.C. Holling. |
Fiction | Children | [New York] : Platt & Munk Co. | 1932 | |
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Choo-Me-Shoo the Eskimo - Illustrated by the author and wife. |
Non Fiction | Children | New Yorki: Buzza Volland Co. | 1928 | |
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Claws of the Thunderbird: A Tale of Three Lost Indians - written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling. |
Non Fiction | Children | Joliet : P.F. Volland Co. | 1928 | |
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Rocky Billy: The Story of the Bounding Career of a Rocky Mountain Goat - illustrated by the author. |
Non Fiction | Children | New York : Macmillan | 1928 | |
| Rum-Tum-Tummy | Fiction | Children | New York: Cogdon Volland and Buzza Co. | 1927 | |
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Roll Away Twins - Illustrated by author and Lucille W. Holling. |
Fiction | Children | Chicago: P.F. Volland and Minneapolis: Buzza Co. | 1927-1928 | |
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Little Big-Bye-and Bye - Self-illustrated |
Non Fiction | Children | Chicago: P.F. Volland | 1926 | |
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New Mexico Made Easy, with Words of Modern Syllables - Self-illustrated and privately printed. |
Non Fiction | Children | Chicago; Rockwell F. Clancy Co. | 1923 | |
| Sun and Smoke: Verse and Woodcuts of New Mexico | Non Fiction, Poetry | Children | Self-illustrated and privately printed | 1923 |
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Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Paddle to the Sea | 1962 |
| Southern California Council on Literature for Children Award (awarded jointly to his wife, Lucille Holling) | 1961 |
| Newbery Honor Book : Minn of the Mississippi | 1952 |
| Newbery Honor Book : Seabird | 1949 |
| Commonwealth Club of California Literature Award | 1948 |
| Caldecott Honor Book: Paddle-to-the-Sea | 1942 |
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Ink Trails: Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors by Dave and Jack Dempsey | 2012 |
| St. James Guide to Children's Writers, edition 5 | 1998 |
| Michigan Authors, 3rd edition | 1993 |
| Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, edition(s) 1, 2 | 1993-2002 |
| Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities | 1988 |
| Contemporary Authors - Obituary, volume(s) 106 | 1983 |
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Something about the author. Volume 15 [electronic resource] / Anne Commire, [editor]. - Something about the Author - Obituary, volume(s) 26; 1982 |
1979-1982 |
| Twentieth Century Children's Writers | 1978 |
| Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West | 1976 |
| Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books: Writings on their lives and works | 1972 |
| Authors of Books for Young People | 1971 |
| Junior Book of Authors | 1951 |
| Story and Verse for Children | 1940-1965 |
| American Authors and Books | |
| Illustrators of Children's Books |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| - Studied privately under Dr. Ralph Linton, a noted anthropologist who was at Yale University | |||
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art instructor | First University World Cruise, sponsored by New York University. | 1926 | |
| Taxidermy department | Field Museum of Natural History | Chicago, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1923-1926 |
| - Traveled widely, studied wildlife to get information for his books | |||
| - Various film adaptations of Paddle-to-the-Sea | |||
| Grocery clerk, factory worker, sailor on a Great Lakes Ore boat | |||
| Idea man, artist, copy writer |
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