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Minn of the Mississippi / written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1979.Description: 85 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 039517578X
  • 9780395175781
  • 0395273994
  • 9780395273999
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
[ch.] 1. Land of ancient waters -- [ch.] 2. One small turtle, two big boys -- [ch.] 3. A turtle starts traveling -- [ch.] 4. Waters can wander away -- [ch.] 5. The mother earth -- [ch.] 6. The river is a museum -- [ch.] 7. Below the water-wall -- [ch.] 8. Minn becomes a river-monster -- [ch.] 9. The lake in the river -- [ch.] 10. A country of builders -- [ch.] 11. River life has it's downs and ups -- [ch.] 12. Ride the river in a barrel -- [ch.] 13. Sentinels of the crossroads -- [ch.] 14. When water runs over lawns and things -- [ch.] 15. Boats that changed the river -- [ch.] 16. Land of cotton and turtle stew -- [ch.] 17. Minn goes inland -- [ch.] 18. River of dreams -- [ch.] 19. Minn comes to the end of the line -- [ch.] 20. Treasure is where you find it.
Awards:
  • Newbery Honor Book, 1952.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction HOLLING HOLLING Checked out 05/30/2024 33111010988208
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction HOLLING HOLLING Available 33111010855886
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The history of the Mississippi River Valley is told in text and pictures through the adventures of Minn, a snapping turtle, as she travels downstream.

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.

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

Newbery Honor Book, 1952.

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