Tag Archives: Holling Clancy Holling

The voyage so far

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Lizzie Ross

As promised, here’s the first of what may be several updates on my tour of books set on water in honor of Herman Melville’s 200th birthday. Initially I had planned to make these reviews brief, but, well, you know … … Continue reading →

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Cartographer’s Prize

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Lizzie Ross

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet (2009), Reif Larsen. Tecumseh Sparrow Spivet is 12, the only surviving son of Dr. Clair and Father, brother to Gracie, and a prodigy who maps not just his geographic world (his bedroom, the route to … Continue reading →

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Author Profile: Holling Clancy Holling

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Lizzie Ross

Originally posted on The Ineluctable Bookshelf:
Three images from my childhood reading are permanently etched on my mind: a boy diving deep into the sea to rescue his ivory seagull; a tiny carved Indian sitting in a canoe atop a…

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Indelible art and stories

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Lizzie Ross

Three images from my childhood reading are permanently etched on my mind: a boy diving deep into the sea to rescue his ivory seagull; a tiny carved Indian sitting in a canoe atop a snow-covered mountain waiting for spring-melt to … Continue reading →

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