Travel

Hit the road for new destinations.

Hitting the Road

June 1, 2016 | SuzyQ
Easy rider [videodisc]

Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America.

Duel [videodisc]

A business commuter is targeted and hunted by a trucker for no apparent reason.

Planes, trains and automobiles [videodisc]

Neal Page wants to fly home to spend Thanksgiving with his family. Del Griffith leads Page on a hilarious, cross-country, wild goose chase that keeps him from tasting his turkey.

Travel the World with Online Magazines

April 6, 2016 | Alyssa Y

Zinio for Libraries offers access over 250 popular magazines online. You can check out full issues of magazines and enjoy them cover-to-cover on your PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Android device.

 

Spend Time Outside in Michigan

March 24, 2016 | Alyssa Y

No need to travel far to find breathtaking views! If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.

50 hikes in Michigan : sixty walks, day trips & backpacks in the lower peninsula by Jim DuFresne
50 hikes on Michigan & Wisconsin's North Country Trail / Michigan & Wisconsin by Thomas Funke

Travel to New Lands through a Picture Book

January 29, 2016 | strande

The books below are set in many different places. Use them to take a trip, somewhere new and exotic, or somewhere familiar. 

Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown

When a man brings to a remote village two burros, Alfa and Beto, loaded with books the children can borrow, Ana's excitement leads her to write a book of her own as she waits for the BibliBurro to return. Includes a note on the true story of Columbia's BiblioBurro and mobile libraries in other countries.

The sky of Afghanistan by Ana A. de Eulate

A little Afghan girl dreams of peace spreading throughout her country.

Migrating Animals

January 26, 2016 | strande

 

Travel with these animals on the move.

Is this Panama? : a migration story by Jan Thornhill

When a young Wilson's warbler named Sammy wakes up one morning, ready to start his first migratory journey to Panama, he finds that the other warblers have already left, so he looks for help from other animals, who each have their own way of getting through the winter.

Two little birds by Mary Newell DePalma

Two little birds make their first grand migration south, and later return home to start new families.

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