Many excellent authors were born in Michigan or make the state their home. Read a book by one of these writers. Check out our suggestions below:
Children’s Books:
- M is for Mitten: a Michigan Alphabet by Annie Appleford – EASY APP/J 977.4 APP
- Our Michigan! We love the Seasons by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen – EASY FRA
- Summer’s Call: A Michigan Day by Amber Lynn Hellewell – EASY HEL
- With Dad by Richard Jackson – EASY JAC
- Lulu and Rocky in Detroit by Barbara Joose – EASY JOO
- The Legend of Michigan by Trinka Hakes Noble – EASY NOB
- The Little Kids’ Table by Mary Ann McCabe Riehle – EASY RIE
- Dear Dragon series by Margaret Hillert – READER1 E H
- Roscoe Riley Rules series by Katherine Applegate – READER4 E A
- The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell by Kathy-Jo Wargin – J 977.49 WAR
- Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith – J ANC/J BOCD ANC
- The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs – J BEL
- Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow – J BIG
- Charlotte Avery on Isle Royale by Rebecca S. Curtis – J CUR
- Skating on Mars by Caroline Huntoon – J HUN
- The Contract by Derek Jeter – J JET
- The Star that Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson – J JOH
- The Turtle of Michigan by Naomi Shihab Nye – J NYE
- Miles from Motown by Lisa Sukenic – J SUK
- Chasing Helicity by Ginger Zee – J ZEE
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis – NEWBERY 2000/JBOCD CUR
Teen Books –
- Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley – YA BOU
- Royal Blood by Aimee Carter – YA CAR
- The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch – YA COU
- Even if it Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn – YA HAH
- Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle – YA LAD
- A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui – YA MET
- The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix – YA MIX
- Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price – YA PRI/YA BOCD PRI
- Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe by Lindsay S Zrull – YA BROWSING Z
- Nothing Special, volume one: Through the Elder Woods by Katie Cook – YA GRAPHIC NOT
