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Minnesota Stories
These are just some of the books that have Minnesota as their setting, are by Minnesota authors/illustrators or are non-fiction books about Minnesota. There is an amazing number of excellent children’s book authors and illustrators here in Minnesota—an excellent FREE event that is held each year that celebrates this is the Annual Celebration of Minnesota Children’s Authors and Illustrators, this year marks it’s 10th anniversary on September 12. For more information click on the "events" tab.
The Legend of Minnesota* by Kathy-jo Wargin
Fearless John: The Legend of John Beargrease* by Kelly Emerling Rauzi
Storm Codes* by Tracy Nelson Maurer
M is for Minnesota* by Dori Hillestad Butler
On the Banks of Plum Creek* by Laura Ingalls Wilder (excerpt)
Marven of the Great North Woods^ by Kathryn Lasky
Up North at the Cabin^ by Marsha Wilson Chall
John Blair and the Great Hinckley Fire^ by Josephine Nobisso
Betsy-Tacy^ by Maud Hart Lovelace (chapter book)
V is for Viking: A Minnesota Alphabet by Kathy-jo Wargin
North Star Numbers: A Minnesota Number Book by Kathy-jo Wargin
Hooray for Minnesota Winters by Paul Lowrie and Bret Nicholaus
The Voyageur’s Paddle by Kathy-jo Wargin
Paula Bunyan by Phyllis Root
One-Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova
A Gift for Sadia by Marie Fritz Perry
Mississippi Going North by Sanna Anderson Baker
The Star Maiden by Barbara Juster Esbensen
Sky Shingebiss retold by Nancy Van Laan
Tales about Paul Bunyun
Rabbit and the Moon by Douglas Wood
Northwoods Cradle Song by Douglas Wood
When I Go Camping with Grandma by Marion Dane Bauer
Good-bye, Charles Lindberg by Louise Borden
Loon Lake by Jonathan London
Some Babies Are Wild by Marion Dane Bauer/Stan Tekiela
Baby Bear Discovers the World by Marion Dane Bauer/Stan Tekiela
Rivers Through Time: Settlements of the Mississippi by Rob Bowden (non-f.)
This Land Called America: Minnesota by Sheryl Peterson (non-fiction)
Hmong in Minnesota by Chia Youyee Vang (non-fiction)
State Shapes: Minnesota by Erik Bruun (non-fiction)
Pa Lia’s First Day (A Jackson Friends Book) by Michelle Edwards
Dear Papa^ by Anne Ylvisaker (chapter book in letter form)
The Blue Ghost by Marion Dane Bauer (chapter book)
* also listed on the monthly flyer
^ previously read on StoryLine
Click here for a pdf version of the monthly flyer.
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