Michigan Resources
Resource Type | Title/Author | Comments | Check Out Again? | Rating |
Book/Library | Saw Mills and Sleigh Bells, Stories of Mid-Michigan Settlers; Peckham, Linda R. & Heuft, Lori Ellen | Nice read-aloud stories with added learning goodies thrown in. | Y | 5 |
Book/Library | The Big Dig; Gringhuis, Dirk | A story of the archeology of Fort Michilimackinac circa 1968. | Y | 3 |
Book/Library | Exploring Michigan A to Z; McConnel, David B. | Good stories from A to Z. Includes 12 activities targeted at a 3rd-4th grade level | Y | 3 |
Book/Library | A Little People's Beginning on Michigan; Parker, Deeter & McConnel | Activity book. Targeted at a slightly older audience, perhaps grade 1-2. Hillsdale Educational Press | 2 | |
Book/Library | M is for Mitten, A Michigan Alphabet; Appleford, Annie | Nice simple stories about Michigan for each letter of the alphabet. Very nice illustrations | Y | 5 |
Book/Library | Michigan, an illustrated history for children; Mitchell, John & Woodruff, Tom | Starts off with the world as "a very scary place" with volcanoes & earthquakes, then leads into evolution, glaciers, mammals and then inhabitants of Michigan to modern day | 2 | |
Book/Library | Mail by the Pail; Bergel, Colin | Describes how mail is delivered to big ships on the Great Lakes; written by merchant marine deck officer | Y | 5 |
Book/Library | Settling in Michigan, And other true pioneer stories; Deur, Lynne (retold by) | Gently edited retelling of writings of Michigan pioneers; good read aloud stories | Y | 5 |
Book/Library | The Great St. Lawrence Seaway; Gibbons, Gail | Simple, complete and appropriate as expected from Gail Gibbons | Y | 5 |
Book/Library | Michigan's Mackinac Island (Jody's Adventures); Arrathoon, Leigh & Davio, John | This would be fabulous if it weren't for the terrible way the siblings treat each other. Brother & sister retell their family trip to Mackinac Island. | N | 3 |
Book/Library | The real McCoy : the life of an African-American inventor; Towle, Wendy ; Clay, Wil (illustrator) | Story of a black American inventor; worked on a Michigan railroad; owned his own company | Y | 5 |
Book/Purchase | A Place Called Home, Michigan's Mill Creek Story; Panagopoulos, Janie Lynn | Purchased as a take-home book at Historic Mill Creek, it's historical fiction for children, wonderful illustrations. A keeper. | Y | 5 |
Magazine/Purchase | Michigan History for Kids (alternate link here), Fall 2002 The British | Very nice issue focusing on British rule in Michigan. Well done. | Y | 5 |
Field Trips | Fort Mackinac; Colonial Michilimackinac; Historic Mill Creek; Greenfield Village; Charlton Park Village; Crossroads Village | This is a very short list. There are so many good field trips to be made, it can easily span years. | Y | 5 |