Tree in the Trail by Holling Clancy Holling

He was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal again in 1952 for Minn of the Mississippi. He received the Commonwealth Club of California Literature Award in 1948 for Seabird, which was also a runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1949. He was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal in 1942 for Paddle-to-the-Sea. His wife, Lucille, worked with him on many of the illustrations. Much of the material he used was known to him firsthand. For many years, Holling dedicated much of his time and interest to making books for children. Ralph Linton.ĭuring 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. He worked in a taxidermy department of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and spent time working in anthropology under Dr. A number of his early works were first published by P. 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.īorn in Jackson County, Michigan, Holling graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1923. Paddle to the Sea won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962. Holling Clancy Holling (born Holling Allison Clancy, Aug– September 7, 1973) was an American writer and illustrator, best known for the book Paddle-to-the-Sea, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942.

Tree in the Trail by Holling Clancy Holling