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Michigan Picture Books For Kids

Little Michigan by written by Denise Brennan-Nelson ; Illustrated by Michael Glenn Monroe

Clever Beatrice by written by Margaret Willey ; illustrated by Heather McWhorter

The day the Great Lakes drained away by written and illustrated by Charles Ferguson Barker

Island magic by Martha Bennett Stiles ; illustrated by Daniel San Souci

M is for mitten: the Michigan alphabet book by Annie Appleford ; illustrated by Michael Monroe

Meteor! by Patricia Polacco

The Michigan counting book by Kathy-jo Wargin ; illustrator, Michael Glenn Monroe

The legend of sleeping bear by text by Kathy-jo Wargin ; illustrations by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen

The story of Michigan's Mill Creek by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos ; illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen

Bernida: a Michigan sailing legend by Al Declercq and Tom Ervin with Gloria Whelan ; illustrated by David Miles