Meet some of our favorite Minnesota children’s book authors in our BookHounds Author directory:
Born in Minneapolis and raised on the Mille Lacs Reservation, Cheryl Minnema is a local author of children's books. Minnema's Ojibway name is Waabaanakwadookwe, which translates to White Cloud Woman in English. Her books focus on Ojibwe children. Besides writing, Minnema creates Ojibwe floral beadwork and nature photography. Amazon link Book Description: Amazon link In this first story of Johnny and his Grandma, which was a 2015 Native America Calling book club selection, Johnny is excited to eat at a community gathering but must learn patience as he waits his turn. Amazon link Minnema has created a one of the Minnesota History Society's Ed Kits - an Ojibwe Shoulder Bag Activity Kit, which educators can purchase to build on history lessons. The kit comes with shoulder bags with a pre-printed design created by Minnema for children to color and teacher resources. It is used throughout the United States to teach native culture and history. If you love reading with your kids and learning about local authors you can find more ideas in our BookHounds Family BookClub. This articles contains affiliate links to Amazon for books. Family Fun Twin Cities receives a small commission on sales through our site. Proceeds from ads and affiliate links helps keep FFTC's services free to readers. Cheryl Minnema, Local Children’s Book Author
Books by Cheryl Minnema
Johnny’s Pheasant
Published in 2019, this is another book about Johnny and his Grandma. In this story, Johnny convinces Grandma to let him bring home a pheasant he finds.
Hungry Johnny
Maple Sugar Moon
This book was created to be part of a 4th Grade Curriculum by McGraw Hill but is available through Amazon.
Minnesota History Society Ojibwe Shoulder Bag Activity Kit
We love our wonderful community of local children's book authors in Minnesota. Minnesota kids books cover all types of books from fiction to nonfiction. There are books about penguins, books about the ocean and, of course, books about Minnesota. Whatever you are looking for, chances are we have something great coming out of our great state.
Historically, While we Minnesotan's have to share Laura Ingalls Wilder with several other states, we do get to claim Wanda Gag, author of Millions of Cats, and Maud Hart Lovelace, author of the Betsy-Tacy books and the inspiration for the Maud Hart Lovelace Awards.
Three Reasons to Add Books by Minnesota Children's Book Authors to Your Own Bookshelves:
Besides the fact that they are producing some very high quality books for kids, there are some great reasons to add these books to your own bookshelf:
- You can often get your books autographed at book releases and other author events.
- Sometimes these local book authors do school visits.
- If you like the hunt of collecting used books, I've had really good luck finding autographed copies of these books when hitting the thrift stores. It's always exciting to find a book by someone local, but even more so, when I open the cover and find an autograph.
Author Yvonne Pearson reads at a BookHounds Story Time.
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