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Alphabet Alphabet books Folklore Great Lakes Region (North America) Humorous stories Indians of North America Great Lakes Region (North America) Folklore Indians of North America Michigan Folklore Legends Michigan Michigan Juvenile literature Ojibwa Indians Folklore Stories in rhymeWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: A collection of stories, poems, facts, riddles, and more all about Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2001
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 810.8 WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Rhyming text poses a series of questions about how the reader would deal with a moose that is on the loose, in the yard, in the house, or taking a bath.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2009
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Wargin 2009Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitten Press 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: "This is the story of an enduring friendship between an Ojibwe girl and a Dakotah boy, and how their kindness towards one another brings healing to a tribe, and gives the beautiful land of Minnesota its name"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Native WarginWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: One winter, when the people of her village become terribly ill, Running Flower braves the snow and freezing cold to race to the village on the other side of the forest for medicine. Based on an Ojibwe legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.242 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Native WarginCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: After being shown the wonders of nature by Granmother Lom, two children venture out in her boat alone, find themselves in danger, and are rescued by a mysterious bird.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2000
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J FairyWargiCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Challenges children to notice the difference from one picture to the next. Each photograph represents Michigan in a unique way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2007
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793 WARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WarCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE MI WarginWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Mary misses her life and friends in Ireland and is sad that her family cannot celebrate Thanksgiving Day the way their New England neighbors do, until her parents share a story of the Pilgrims' first harvest festival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2008
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WarWargin, Kathy-Jo
Summary: Two white-footed mice, one who lives in Michigan and one in Minnesota, are both seeking home and family when they meet at a cheese-eating contest in Wisconsin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitten Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC WARWargin, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Explores instruments, composers, terms, and musical styles from A to Z in easy rhymes and explanatory text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 780 WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Mitt, a white-footed mouse, lives in a mitten that is his only reminder of the family he once had, and when it is stolen, Mitt sets out for the city to find the owner of the dog that took his home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitten Press 2006
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC WARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC WARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Wargin 2006Wargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: A young girl and her mother both make secret wishes on butterfly wings, and learn years later that the legend of the butterfly is real and that both of their wishes have come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION WarginWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: An illustrated counting book that celebrates the many attractions of the State of Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2000
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E WARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: "A playful otter follows two children home and eats popcorn for lunch, swings on the curtains, and eventually encounters the ranger who reminds everyone this otter belongs in the water"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Following the alphabet this book uses poetry and expository text to explore the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, which is located along the northwest coast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Topics include the park's natural features such as dune formations, beaches, forests, and cultural attractions"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2015
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Presents rhyming sentences for each letter of the alphabet that remind the reader of God's blessings in winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2011
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Follows the yearly cycle of the voyageur Eduoard as he travels to Grand Portage, trading furs for goods that he uses to purchase more furs from the native villages during the winter months.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2007
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Describes the voyage and sinking of the giant transport ship, the Edmund Fitzgerald, which was caught in a raging storm while crossing Lake Superior in November, 1975.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2003
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 917.74 WARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 917.74 WARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.74 WarCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginWargin, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 1999
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Colorfully illustrated story of an eagle that inspired a Wisconsin infantry unit in the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America WarginCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARWargin, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 WARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.24 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE 398.24 WARWargin, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2004
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WarCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE MI WarginCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: "Alfred Nobel was the man who founded what became known as The Nobel Prizes. Nobel also invented dynamite, becoming very wealthy from his invention. Saddened by its use for harmful destruction, Nobel left his fortune to create yearly prizes for those who have rendered the greatest services to mankind"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2009