Minn of the Mississippi

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Minn of the Mississippi is a book written by Holling C. Holling in 1951. It received the Newbery Honor award the next year.

The book tells the story of a snapping turtle that hatches along the Mississippi River. It then goes on a journey to the Gulf of Mexico.

Like most of Holling's works, Minn is lushly illustrated, containing many full-page color paintings. Pages with text in them are also generously illustrated, with black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings, many with explanatory captions (to accompany the action of the story), in the margins .