Title:
Minn of the Mississippi / written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling.
ISBN:
9780395175781
9780395273999
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Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951.
Physical Description:
85 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
General Note:
Scientific information presented in a fictional form. Maps and information in margins.
Awards Note:
Newbery Honor, 1952.
Contents:
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 its 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.
Summary:
Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC 3-5 4.7 6 Quiz: 07684 Guided reading level: R.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 3.0 6479.
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Added Author:
Audience:
910L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm00480499
Availability:
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