Author: Terri Martin The Home Wind is a middle-grade (ages 9 and up) children’s novel set in an Upper Michigan Logging camp in the 1870s. The book is told from the point of view of a twelve-year old boy, Jamie. He befriends a Native American boy and the two…
Author: Elizabeth Fust Wooly and the Good Shepherd is the story of one little lamb\\’s nativity adventure. Wooly the lamb is scared of everything and the rest of the flock make fun of him – except for Wooly’s Good Shepherd. One night, strange creatures called angels visit the flock and…
Author: Elizabeth Fust Many cats lived in the small town of Bethsaida. Some lived with families and caught mice, some lived with important people and lounged on cushions all day, and some wandered the streets with nowhere to go and no food for supper. Kit was one of those cats….
Author: Alan Carriero To help her young grandson Billy learn the importance of believing in yourself, a Michigan grandmother tells him a fantastical story about a rabbit named Yoopie. Yoopie is relentlessly made fun of by his neighbors for keeping a “useless strange fuzzy red thing” (a mitten) that he…
Author: Ann Dallman Cady, a 13-year-old girl of Native American heritage, has experienced big changes in the past year—her father’s marriage to a much younger woman, a new baby brother, and a move from Minnesota to Michigan where she is attending a reservation school for the first time. One day…
Author: Craig Brockman A small life can be transformed by a great love. This humble creature learns it’s the journey that matters. A humorous, tender, uplifting adventure. An outstanding book to read to children. Adults love it, too. Author’s Note: PB available at all outlets. E-book only at lulu.com. ISBN: 978-1435702738…
Author: Larry Buege Life would be pleasant, if not for two village bullies. Kanti bets her prized spear against Ahanu’s bear-claw necklace in a canoe race. To win, Chogan and Kanti will need help from Mishosha (the Magician of the Lake). Chogan and Kanti come face-to-face with the Windigo—a stretch…
Author: Larry Buege It is 100 years B.C. (Before Columbus). Twelve-year-old Chogan and his ten-year-old sister rescue an orphan wolf pup and raise it to adulthood. When they release it into the wild, the wolf returns to save their lives. This is an interactive novel. Inter-spaced among the pages of…
Author: Kathy Kuczek Elementary school field trips are a little like herding cats. Enjoy Wyatt and his imagination as you learn a thing or two about alpacas. ISBN: 978-0-9828235-3-8 Publisher: Stinky Sneakers Media (2018) Format: Hardcover More details about this book…
Author: Deborah K. Frontiera Simon becomes lost from his family and ends up with many mice in a flea market. He and his friends have some scary adventures. This is a beginning chapter book for grades 2-4 or a sharp first grader. It is suitable as a read-to for…
(Abby’s Camp Days: Volume 4) Author: Jenifer Brady Abby and her friends have graduated to junior high camp! Will camp and her friends help her get through her family’s crisis? Or will the problems at home put a damper on the summer camp fun? Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019);…
(Abby’s Camp Days: Volume 3) Author: Jenifer Brady Getting flirting lessons from lifeguard Julie and deciding which boy camper she thinks is the cutest turns out to be not as bad as Abby thought it would be, but when someone she trusts blabs her boy-related secret, she is left wondering…
