Michigan Authors

Mollie Hall Beanstack Reading Recommendations

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
  • 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
  • The New Puppy by Kristen Bell – READER1 E B
  • Dear Dragon series by Margaret Hillert – READER1 E H
  • Roscoe Riley Rules series by Katherine Applegate – SERIES ROSCOE
  • The Ghostly Tales of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Diane Telgen – J 133.109 TEL
  • 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
  • Isaiah Dunn is My Hero by Kelly J Baptist – J BAP
  • What Lives in the Weeds by Lindsay Currie – J CUR/J BOCD CUR
  • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis – NEWBERY 2000/J BOCD CUR/J LP CUR
  • 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/J BOCD NYE
  • Miles from Motown by Lisa Sukenic – J SUK

Teen Books –

  • Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley – YA BOU/YA BROWSING B/YA LP 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