Read MN 2023: Children's Picture Books and Middle-Grade Fiction
READ MINNESOTA 2023: 30% OFF BOOKS FROM UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS
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All books included are 30% off with code MN90520, good through Jan. 15, 2024.
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BROWSE BOOKS:
NATURAL HISTORY // ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE WRITING // FICTION
NONFICTION AND MEMOIR // MINNESOTA HISTORY // MUSIC & ARTS
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS AND MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND HISTORY // SCANDINAVIA
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE // MYSTERY AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION
COOKBOOKS // GARDENING // SPORTS AND FISHING // ARCHITECTURE
TRAVEL STORIES // TRAVEL GUIDES // RAILROADS // SHIPWRECKS
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- Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight Shannon Gibney 2023 Spring
- Six-year-old Sam, with his Liberian dad and African American mom, finds a way to bring everyone in his cross-cultural family together at the dinner table
- Big Belching Bog Phyllis Root 2023 Spring
- A quirky romp through the peat bogs of northern Minnesota for young readers
- Don’t Count Your Chicks Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire 2023 Spring
- This delightful storybook by the incomparable d’Aulaires, based on a poem by Hans Christian Andersen, will charm a new generation of little readers
- One Winter Up North John Owens 2022 Fall
- A wordless picture-book journey through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in winter, snowshoeing the frozen lakes and silent forest with family, encountering the wonders of northern wildlife in the cold season
- Bim, Bam, Bop . . . and Oona Jacqueline Briggs Martin 2022 Spring
- An irresistible read-aloud picture book, in which a little odd-duck-out discovers her unique strengths
- The ABC Bunny Wanda Gág 2022 Spring
- An unfortunate accident with an Apple drives Bunny from Bunnyland to Elsewhere. Every letter in the alphabet is represented in Bunny’s journey, through what he eats (Greens), to whom he meets (Insects, Jay, Kitten, Lizard), and then a little sleep (Nap), to Tripping back to town, right side Up and Up-side-down.
- The Big Island A Story of Isle Royale Julian May 2021 Fall
- First published in 1968, this engrossing and beautiful picture book about wildlife on Isle Royale is available again
- Grandmother’s Pigeon Louise Erdrich 2021 Fall
- A grandmother’s sudden departure leaves her family with an even more puzzling, and wondrous, surprise in this enchanting story from the National Book Award–winning author—at last back in print
- Begin with a Bee Liza Ketchum, Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Phyllis Root 2021 Spring
- Begin with a Bee and its story of the life of one queen bee, a rusty-patched bumblebee, teaches us not only about bees but also about our own responsibilities in the natural world
- Yang Warriors Kao Kalia Yang 2021 Spring
- Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang delivers an inspiring tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refugee camp
- Nils Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire 2021 Spring
- A loving tale of a boy who dreams of becoming a cowboy while also embracing his Norwegian heritage
- The Range Eternal Louise Erdrich 2020 Fall
- The story of a girlhood lived in the glow of a woodstove from one of the country’s most distinguished and beloved authors, now back in print
- One Summer Up North John Owens 2020 Fall
- A wordless picture-book journey through the Boundary Waters, canoeing and camping with a family as they encounter the northwoods wilderness in all its spectacular beauty
- The Journal of Otto Peltonen A Finnish Immigrant Story William Durbin 2020 Fall
- A portrait of the Finnish immigrant experience in Minnesota during the early twentieth century—now in paperback
- The Shared Room Kao Kalia Yang 2020 Spring
- A family gradually moves forward after the loss of a child—a story for readers of all ages
- The Lost Forest Phyllis Root 2019 Spring
- The story of a forest “lost” by a surveying error—and all the flora and fauna to be found there
- Hush Hush, Forest Mary Casanova 2018 Fall
- Lyrical words and elegant woodcuts capture the quiet beauty of the forest as day fades to night and autumn gives way to the North Woods winter
- Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between Phyllis Root 2018 Spring
- A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly guide to Minnesota’s native wildflowers and how to find them
- Creekfinding A True Story Jacqueline Briggs Martin 2017 Spring
- An enchanting picture book about restoring a creek, with all the wildlife it once hosted, in a farm field in Iowa. Ages 4-9.
- One North Star A Counting Book Phyllis Root 2016 Fall
- Who lives here under one north star?
- Wake Up, Island Mary Casanova 2016 Spring
- In a picture book for all ages, lyrical language and elegant woodcuts celebrate the waking natural world on a North Woods island
- Tracks in the Wild Betsy Bowen 2015 Fall
- A beautiful children’s book detailing Minnesota’s northwoods animals and their tracks
- Leif the Lucky Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire 2014 Fall
- A delightful tale of the young Viking explorer Leif Erikson—the first European to set foot on America, 500 years before Columbus
- Goodnight Loon Abe Sauer 2015 Spring
- A charming retelling of a children's classic in a distinctly northwoods voice
- Plant a Pocket of Prairie Phyllis Root 2014 Spring
- An inspiring children’s book about the endangered prairie ecosystem and how we can help restore it
- Blackwater Ben William Durbin 2014 Spring
- A young boy discovers harsh realities, secrets, and adventure at a northern Minnesota logging camp in 1898
- Ola Edgar Parin d’Aulaire and Ingri d’Aulaire 2013 Fall
- A classic that sparked the illustrious careers of two Caldecott-honored authors and illustrators
- Wolf Shadows Mary Casanova 2013 Fall
- In this sequel to Moose Tracks, Seth’s mixed feelings about a debate in his northern Minnesota town over the growing wolf packs puts him at odds with his friend Matt. When he sees Matt commit a horrible act of violence, Seth angrily abandons him, unaware that a blizzard is on the way, and now must try to rescue his friend.
- Moose Tracks Mary Casanova 2013 Fall
- One boy’s thrilling adventure in Minnesota’s north woods
- Happy Times in Norway Sigrid Undset 2013 Spring
- Preserving a glorious picture of Norway before the Nazi occupation—from the 1928 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature