Ellen Airgood is one of Michigan’s finest writers, and we are delighted to celebrate her most recent novel TIN CAMP ROAD as our Free Book for November 2024. From the back cover: “Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in winter is remote and beautiful; in the heat of summer, there is no place like it on earth. For…
We’re having a fun time this month giving away four fabulous books to one lucky winner! Left to right: WINSOME WINTERS by Mary B. Knapp, Mary delights readers with wonderful stories about her life as a north country kid in the 1940s and early 1950s. MAKE IT GO IN THE SNOW by Larry Jorgensen is…
We are excited to welcome the fall season with Angeline Boulley’s incredible new novel WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED as our September 2024 FREE BOOK! (The silver medallion on the cover doesn’t show up in the photo, but it is a seal from the American Indian Library Association that Boulley’s novel has won their Youth Literature Award.)…
This month we are celebrating Michigan author Sharon M. Kennedy! Raised on a farm in the Brimley, Michigan, area, Sharon has penned three books that follow a group of children raised during the 1950s and early 1960s on Chippewa County farms. The final book of the trilogy revisits the children during their adult years. We…
This year, it is my honor to have nominated writer Gloria Whelan for induction into the Upper Peninsula Literary Hall of Fame. Gloria Whelan is 100 years old and one of Michigan’s most gifted authors. The majority of Gloria’s books are written for the young adult market or middle readers. Her incredible novel HOMELESS BIRD…
Our Free Book this month is the national bestselling novel, WE MUST BE BRAVE by Frances Liardet. From the back cover, “December 1940. As German bombs fall on Southampton, England, the city’s residents flee to the surrounding villages. In Upton village, amid the chaos, new married Ellen Parr finds a girl asleep, unclaimed at the…
We have two amazing non-fiction books to give away this month. These books are essential and informative reading for educators and for those invested in their own education or that of their children and/or grandchildren. EMPOWERING LEARNERS, Teaching Different Genres and Texts to Diverse Student Bodies was written by two highly esteemed educators, Anna J….
This month some lucky reader will win two books, both by award winning Michigan author, Terri Martin! The first book is THE HOME WIND, an historical novel for middle readers (ages 9 and up), which is set in an 1870s logging camp in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. From the back cover: “While his mother works as…
Congratulations to Sally Cartwright Plummer who won our free book this month! I hope you enjoy Julie Klassen’s newest novel, A WINTER BY THE SEA! Happy Reading and Happy Holidays! Sue
Congratulations to Jane Thompson who won our November Free Books–the lovely children’s books by Lisa Tawn Bergren and Upper Peninsula local author Julie Buchholtz! Jane, I will send you the books ASAP! Happy Reading! Sue Harrison
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