Wargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Retells the story of the great turtle Makinauk that enlists the aid of other animals to help create the special place known as Mackinac Island.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 WARGodfrey, Linda S.
Summary: Explores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in Michigan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 GODCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 917.74 GodCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.4 GODWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Recounts the life of Petosegay, an Ottawa Indian chief, who gave his name to the small town in northern Michigan--Petoskey--where a unique stone can be found along its shores.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WARPetersen, E. J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tall Timber Press 1953
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 PETWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: A young maiden is entranced by the Spirit Wood, where playful fairies known as the Pukwudjininees live, and wants to keep visiting there despite being forbidden to do so by her family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARSchlosser, S. E.
Summary: "Get ready for 34 creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past! Michigan folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings...You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening" -- back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 SCHStrauss, Jenifer.
Contents: Michigan, The Northland (original poem) (2:15) -- Mando on the porch (original instrumental) by Jack Wiswell -- The story lamp (original story) (10:04) -- How bear lost his tail (adapted traditional) (8:29) -- How Paul Bunyan made the stars and the moon (original) (8:22) -- The talkative turtle (adapted traditional) (8:48) -- The legend of Kichi-iti-kipi (original) (22:16) -- Michigan, my...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Story Be Told Productions 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV STRNaldrett, Alan.
Summary: Some of Michigan's most noteworthy yarns and compelling characters were lost down the corridors of history--until now. Discover the Nain Rouge, that "Demon from the Strait," spotted everywhere from the Battle of Bloody Run in 1763 to the Detroit Riot in 1967. Meet folks like Major Stickney, who named his sons One and Two and his youngest daughter Indiana. Inspect the Toledo War's ill-equipped...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 NALKane, Grace Franks.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Letter Press 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 398.2 KAN1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 398.2 KAN
Mukkala, Ben.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Still Waters Pub. 2003
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI U.P. MukkalaKuclo, Marion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1992
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MIC 398.2 KUCLongtine, Sonny.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sunnyside Publications 2002
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI U.P. LongtineWilley, Margaret.
Summary: A small, but clever young girl outwits a rich giant and wins all his gold.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WILWilley, Margaret.
Summary: Clever Beatrice seeks out Mister Le Pain, the village breadmaker, to come up with a plan to protect her pony from the tiny bearded lutin that magically rides him every night.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WILLewis, Anne Margaret.
Summary: Walk the shores of Lake Michigan with grandpa and his grandchildren as he tells of the Ojibwe Sleeping Bear legend of how the Petoskey stone was formed when Mother Bear leaves her tears all over the beaches.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mackinac Island Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEWWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across Lake Michigan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE 398.24 WARGringhuis, Dirk
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mackinac Island State Park Commission 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 GRI1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GRI
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 398.2 GRI
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GRICopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Native GringhuisRogers, D. Laurence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Historical Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.98 ROG1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 634.93 ROG
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1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: MI 634.98 Rogers 1993Summary: "Sometimes things come to people out of the blue and seemingly for a reason. The Anishinaabe word for this is nigika. The stories contained in this collection reached Howard Webkamigad nearly eighty years after they were recorded, after first being kept in their original copper wire format by the American Philosophical Society and later being converted onto cassettes and held by Dr. James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Eighteen legends of the Ojibwe tribe of Michigan
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Michigan Indian Press 1990
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Place a hold to request this item.Otto, Simon.
Summary: Eighteen legends of the Ojibwe tribe of Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Michigan Indian Press 1990
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 OttCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.3 OTTWeso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)
Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022