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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

Many holidays are celebrated during the winter. Read a book featuring one of these holidays or any holiday you’d like.

If you’d like a little help choosing your book, here are some suggestions:

Children’s Books –

• The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper – EASY COO
• The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie DePaola – EASY DEP
• Winter Holidays by Julie Murry – EASY MUR
• The Sound of Kwanzaa by Dimitera Tokunbo – EASY TOK
• Santa’s First Christmas by Mac Barnett – HOLIDAY BAR/J WONDERBOOK BAR
  
• Santa’s Gotta Go by Derrick Barnes – HOLIDAY BAR
• Tamales for Christmas by Stephen Briseno – HOLIDAY BRI
• Hanukkah Pajamakkas by Dara Henry – HOLIDAY HEN
• All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins – HOLIDAY JEN
• If you Ever Want to Bring a Pirate to Meet Santa, Don’t! by Elise Parsley – HOLIDAY PAR
• Don’t Invite a Bear inside for Hanukkah by Karen Rostoker-Gruber – HOLIDAY ROS
• Ty’s Travels: Winter Wonderland by Kelly Starling Lyons – READER1 E L
• Is it Hanukkah Yet? by Nancy E. Krulik – READER2 E K
• Pinkalicious and the Holiday Sweater by Victoria Kann – READER2 E K
• The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser – J GLA/JBOCD GLA
  
• Rachel Friedman and Eight Not-so-Perfect Nights of Hanukkah by Sarah Kapit – J KAP
• The Golden Dreidel by Ellen Kushner – J KUS
• Let it Glow by Marissa Meyer and Joanne Levy – J MEY
• Greenglass House by Kate Milford – J MIL/JBOCD MIL
  
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson – J ROB/JBOCD ROB
  
• A Donut in Time: a Hanukkah Story by Elana Rubinstein – J RUB
• Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays Celebrated all Year Long by Liz Kleinrock – J 394.26 KLE
• Beam of Light: The Story of the First White House Menoarah by Eliza Boxer – J 296.4 BOX
• We Celebrate the Light by Jane Yolen – J 394.261 YOL
• The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsetta by Alda P Dobbs – J 635.933 DOB
• The LEGO Holiday Games Book by Tori Kosara – J 688.725 LEG
• Winter Crafts Across Cultures by Megan Borgert-Spaniol – J 745.594 BOR
• Celebrate with Me! Recipes, Crafts, and Holiday Fun from Around the World edited by Laura Gladwin – J 745.594 CEL
• Ho-ho-ho-larious Christmas Jokes by Chris Cate – J 818.602 CAT

 

Teen Books –

• Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge – YA BROWSING A
• How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow – YA ARL
• Love in Winter Wonderland  by Abiola Bello – YA BEL
• Together at Midnight by Jennifer Castle – YA CAS
• Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan – YA BROWSING C
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – YA DIC
• 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston – YA ELS/YA BOCD ELS
  
• For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons, ed. by Dahlia Adler – YA FOR
• The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand – YA HAN
• Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June – YA JUN
• I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Mariama Lockington – YA LOC
• The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo – YA BROWSING M
• The Christmas Clash by Suzanne Park – YA BROWSING P
• Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds – YA REY
• Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Megan Shepherd – YA SHE
• Finding My Elf by David Valdes – YA VAL
• Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham – YA GRAPHIC LUN