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Category Archives: Michigan author/illustrator
The Twelve Days of Christmas in Michigan
Katie visits her Michigander cousin, Will, who gives her uniquely Michigan gifts for the twelve days of Christmas. In Katie’s letters home, the reader learns all sorts of fun facts about Michigan. A great collage at the end filled with … Continue reading
Posted in Books with social studies links, Michigan author/illustrator, Picture books, Series
Tagged christmas, picture book, snow
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Between Shades of Gray
When fifteen-year-old Lina’s family is exiled from Lithuania by the Soviets, they are forced to travel to remote regions, including Siberia, to work and endure under extreme hunger, cold and inadequate shelter. Maintaining hope is difficult when Lina doesn’t understand … Continue reading
Posted in historical, Michigan author/illustrator, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged books, historical fiction, serious book
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These Hands
Grandpa’s hands can tie shoes, play the piano and throw a curve ball, but they were not allowed to touch the bread dough at the Wonder Bread factory in the 1950s and early ’60s. As Grandpa lyrically relates to Joseph … Continue reading
I Had a Favorite Dress
As a mother of three girls, I may be way off base here, but I think this book, written by Michigander Boni Ashburn and illustrated by Julia Denos, appeals to all types of kids–girls and boys–because even though it’s about dresses … Continue reading
Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever
Animals. Siblings. Cartoons. What more could a kid ask for? In Ruth McNally Barshaw’s third sketch diary featuring Ellie McDoodle, Ellie has to overcome her fear of presentations, find her neighbour’s bird (that escaped during Ellie’s pet-sitting adventure) and deal … Continue reading
Posted in Children's novels, Michigan author/illustrator, Series
Tagged children's books, humourous
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The Money Tree
When Miss McGillicuddy’s strange new tree starts producing paper currency, first the neighbours, then the town officials and finally perfect strangers come to harvest from the tree. Miss McGillicuddy cannot understand how they can come in the middle of the … Continue reading
Old Cricket
Old Cricket tries to get out of work by creaking, cricking and cracking. When Old Crow chases him, Old Cricket has reason to creak, crick and crack. Lisa Wheeler’s fun story includes lots of alliteration (try and count all the … Continue reading
Raccoon Tune
A family of raccoons go on their nightly food foraging in Nancy Shaw’s Raccoon Tune, a poetic picture book illustrated by Howard Fine. A MichiganReads! book pick for 2008, this book is easy to read again and again. The raccoons … Continue reading
Fair Cow
Follow Effie as she gets gussied up for her trip to the state fair where she can’t help but stand out. Maybe she can’t win the cow’s beauty pageant, but she can win at being Effie. Leslie Helakoski’s Fair Cow … Continue reading
Posted in Michigan author/illustrator, Picture books
Tagged country setting, farm, humourous, picture book
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The California Gold Rush
There’s a whole series of You Choose™ books by Capstone Press. This interactive history adventure, The California Gold Rush, is written by Elizabeth Raum and it follows your adventures through gold fever in 1849. Similar to the Choose Your … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter Books, Michigan author/illustrator, Nonfiction, Series
Tagged high interest
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