Minn of the Mississippi

Minn of the Mississippi
1st edition (publ. Houghton Mifflin)

Minn of the Mississippi is an illustrated children's book by Holling C. Holling. First published 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.


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