Author
Holling C. Holling
3 books here
Seabird
Picture book · ages 6–10 · 620L · 1978
A masterpiece of patient observation disguised as a picture book—the illustrations reward close, repeated looking and the text respects a child's intelligence without talking down.
Paddle-to-the-Sea
Picture book · ages 6–10 · 620L · 1993
A quiet masterpiece—the narrative voice lets the illustrations and geographic detail carry the story; kids absorb how water, seasons, and ecosystems interconnect without ever feeling lectured.
Minn of the Mississippi
Picture book · ages 6–10 · 620L · 1975
A 1975 classic that holds up: gorgeously illustrated and densely informative without feeling didactic, following a mink from Minnesota headwaters to the Gulf, with asides on river towns and ecosystems that reward rereading.