First published in 1968, this engrossing and beautiful picture book about wildlife on Isle Royale is available again thanks to the archivists at the University of Minnesota Press. JOHN SCHOENHERR won the 1988 Caldecott Medal for U.S. children’s book illustration, recognizing Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, which recounts the story…
DOROTHY PAAD loves to create – whether it is a song, a dance, a theater production, or book. She doesn’t let having Cerebral Palsy stand in her way! It was during the COVID-19 pandemic that Dorothy was inspired to write her first book hoping to inspire kids in a way…
Season 3: Episode 10 –The UP Notable Book Club presents author Phyllis Michael Wong speaking about her book We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula PHYLLIS MICHAEL WONG says that oral histories provide the nuances help make history more vibrant. As a researcher who has…
Season 3: Episode 9–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Terri Martin speaking about her book The Home Wind TERRI LYNN MARTIN and her husband moved to the L’Anse area nearly 22 years ago and have no desire to live anywhere else, in spite of the 250+ inches of snowfall…
Season 3: Episode 8–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Sharon Kennedy speaking about her book The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County. The Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) presents author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List….
MARQUETTE, MI (January 3rd, 2023)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 4th Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. UPPAA Notable Books chairman Mikel Classen (Sault Ste. Marie) initiated the effort in 2019 as a response to the lack of representation of U.P. writers in other…
UP Notable Book Club: the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the UP Notable Book List. The 25th event is with Sharon M. Kennedy whose book The SideRoad Kids:Tales of Chippewa County presents stories…
CAROLE HARE graduated from high school in Manistique, Michigan and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in business education from Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She taught school for three years in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. She later received her master’s degree in counseling from…
KAREN DIONNE’s award-winning novels set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness have been translated into dozens of languages and landed on bestseller lists around the world. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The Wicked Sister “A devastating, magic realism–dusted psychological thriller… Dionne paints a haunting portrait of a family hurtling…
For those of you who missed this week’s spooktacular event, we have a very season and supremely cool presentation of the many weird sightings of monsters and unexplained phenomena in the Great Lakes region, with a focus on the U.P. A wide range of topics are discussed from paranormal sightings…