At 9:11 AM -0500 15-11-2002, Ellen Bulger wrote:
>The more kids books on mollusks, the better. There isn't much out there now
>that is especially inspiring.
>
>One absolutely gorgeous children's book to check out is "Pagoo" by Holling
>Clancy Holling. This isn't a new book. I'm no spring chicken and I used to
>take this out of the library when I was a tot.
>
>The story follows the life of a hermit crab. The illustrations are to die
>for. Interestingly, HCH's wife did much of the artwork, yet is barely
>credited. I know this was a different era, but still, it makes you wonder
>about their relationship, some freaky ego issues there. But I digress.
>
>It is an old book, done when color printing was primitive, but the Hollings
>did very clever illustrations that got around the existing technology. There
>are all sorts of marvelous "sidebars," for lack of a better word, on natural
>history relevant to the story.
>
>The Hollingses' more famous books include "Paddle to the Sea," "Minn of the
>Mississippi", "A Tree in the Trail" and "Seabird". They are all beautifully
>illustrated narratives that include fascinating nonfiction information in a
>most engaging manner. "Pagoo" is perhaps the least well known, but was always
>my favorite because of all the shells and sea creatures. It is definitely
>worth a look!

I second that. It was a favorite of mine when I was eight.
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