March Virtual Program, 2026 Michigan Notable Books Graphics and Tour Dates, Michigan Author Award Event, March is Reading Month Titles, and HSM Local History Conference
 Virtual
Program: Michigan Pioneer Collections
Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 6:30PM-7:30PM,
Zoom
Register
for this Program
The early settlement period of Michigan is often a challenging area for researchers. Explore ways to navigate these barriers through content
at the Library of Michigan that spans the Old Northwest, the Territory of Michigan, and the initial decades following Michigan’s statehood. Learn about key resources for researching this period, including the Michigan
Pioneer and Historical Collections.
Registration is required for all Zoom sessions.
Find the full schedule of 2026 Virtual Programs with registration information at Michigan.gov/LMPublicPrograms.
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2026 Michigan Notable Books Promotional Graphics and Tour Dates - Coming Soon
Library of Michigan staff are working to finalize the promotional graphics that can be downloaded and printed for highlighting the 2026
Michigan Notable Books list as well as the 2026 Author Tour. The poster for the 2026 Michigan Notable Books list is displayed below. As with last year, several graphics will be available as templates on Canva, which libraries are encouraged to you use when
promoting their author program if they are part of the 50 locations hosting 2026 MNB Authors as part of the author tour. Links to the files will soon be on the
Michigan Notable Books webpage.
Additionally, the final list of the 50 locations hosting authors for the 2026 Michigan Notable Books Author Tour will soon be announced.
A few locations are still working out the details of their programs with their authors. Once that process is complete, the full schedule will be made available along with the promotional graphics on the Michigan Notable Books webpage:
www.Michigan.gov/NotableBooks.
Poster for the 2026 Michigan Notable Books list and program.
 Save
the Date - Celebrating 2025-2026 Michigan Author Award Recipient Jim Daniels
The Library of Michigan will honor 2025-2026
Michigan Author Award Recipient Jim Daniels on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at
Marshall District Library in Marshall, MI. More details will soon be announced.
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March is Reading Month Youth Selections from the Michigan Notable Books List
With March nearly upon us, National Reading Month events will be taking place across Michigan. For anyone looking for Michigan-specific
titles to use during National Reading Month, here is a list of 20 youth-focused books that were previously honored by the Michigan Notable Books program:
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1999 - The Legend of Mackinac Island by Kathy-jo Wargin ; illustrations by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
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1999 - M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet Book written by Annie Appleford, poems by Kathy-Jo Wargin ; illustrated by Michael
G. Monroe
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2000 - Mail By the Pail by Colin Bergel ; illustrated by Mark Koenig
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2002 - Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott
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2004 - The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell written by Kathy-Jo Wargin ; illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
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2005 - An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco
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2006 - Winter's Tale: An Original Pop-Up Journey by Robert Sabuda
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2007 - Mackinac Bridge: The Story of the Five-Mile Poem written by Gloria Whelan ; illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
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2010 - January's Sparrow by Patricia Polacco
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2012 - A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis by Matt De La Pẽna ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
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2012 - Miss Martin is a Martian by Colleen Murray Fisher ; illustrated by Jared Chapman
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2012 - Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art by J.H. Shapiro ; illustrated by Vanessa Newton
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2013 - Bear Has a Story to Tell written by Philip C. Stead ; illustrated by Erin E. Stead
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2014 - Bluffton: My Summers with Buster by Matt Phelan
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2015 - Bernida: A Michigan Sailing Legend written by Al Declercq, Tom Ervin and Gloria Whelan ; illustrated by David Miles
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2019 - Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story written by Lindsey McDivitt ; illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen
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2019 - So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt ; illustrated by Daniel Minter
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2021 - RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
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2023 - Shapes, Lines, and Light: My Grandfather’s American Journey by Katie Yamasaki
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2026 - Miss Betti, What Is This?: How Detroit's School Lunch Lady Got Good Food on the Menu by Lela Nargi ; illustrated by Kristen
Uroda
*Titles are in order of year the book was honored by the Michigan Notable Books program.
Collage of Youth selections from the Michigan Notable Books program.
Library of Michigan at the Historical Society of Michigan Local History Conference
Library of Michigan staff will be at the
2026 Michigan in Perspective: Local History Conference at Oakland University from March 27-28, 2026. Conference attendees are encouraged to visit the Library of Michigan's exhibit table and learn more about the Library's
services and collection. For anyone who is attending the conference and has yearbooks to donate to the
Michigan Yearbook Collection Project, please contact Library of Michigan staff beforehand at either
Librarian@Michigan.gov or 517-335-1477.
The Library of Michigan is proud to sponsor the
68th Annual Michigan in Perspective: Local History Conference, which is organized by the
Historical Society of Michigan.
Library of Michigan table at the 2025 Michigan Local History Conference.
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