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Holling, Holling Clancy,

Minn of the Mississippi / written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1979. - 85 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Land of ancient waters -- One small turtle, two big boys -- A turtle starts traveling -- Waters can wander away -- The mother earth -- The river is a museum -- Below the water-wall -- Minn becomes a river-monster -- The lake in the river -- A country of builders -- River life has it's downs and ups -- Ride the river in a barrel -- Sentinels of the crossroads -- When water runs over lawns and things -- Boats that changed the river -- Land of cotton and turtle stew -- Minn goes inland -- River of dreams -- Minn comes to the end of the line -- Treasure is where you find it. [ch.] 1. [ch.] 2. [ch.] 3. [ch.] 4. [ch.] 5. [ch.] 6. [ch.] 7. [ch.] 8. [ch.] 9. [ch.] 10. [ch.] 11. [ch.] 12. [ch.] 13. [ch.] 14. [ch.] 15. [ch.] 16. [ch.] 17. [ch.] 18. [ch.] 19. [ch.] 20.

The adventures of a three-legged snapping turtle as she travels from the headwaters to the mouth of the Mississippi River illustrate the life cycle of the turtle and the geography, history, geology, and climate of the river.

Newbery Honor Book, 1952.

ISBN: 039517578X 9780395175781 0395273994 9780395273999

LCCN: 51006290

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Turtles--Fiction.
Snapping turtles--Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
Ecology--Juvenile fiction.
Animals--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Juvenile fiction.
River life--Juvenile fiction.
Boat living--Juvenile fiction.
River steamers--Juvenile fiction.
Dams--Juvenile fiction.
Floods--Mississippi River--Juvenile fiction.
Hurricanes--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mississippi River--Juvenile fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Nature fiction.
Fiction.