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Michigan Notable Books 2022


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2022 Michigan Notable Books
20 Books Celebrating Michigan People, Places, and Events
 
Titles Available at Benzonia Public Library:
Items with an * are also available via Up North Digital-OverDrive.
  • Ancestor Approved: intertribal stories for kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • The Cut by John Wemlinger
  • Day of Days by John Smolens
  • Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny*
  • Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley*
  • From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: the killing of Vincent Chin and the trial that galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo*
  • Long Road to the Circus by Betsy Bird, illustrated by David Small
  • Never Saw You Coming by Erin Hahn
  • Pewabic Pottery: The American Arts & Crafts Movement Expressed in Clay by Thomas W. Brunk
  • Tin Camp Road by Ellen Airgood
  • Up North in Michigan: a Portrait of Place in Four Seasons by Jerry Dennis
To reserve items visit our Library Catalog or contact us at 231-882-4111 or benzonialibraryconnect@gmail.com.

The following titles may be available via the MeL interlibrary loan system.
Ask BPL staff if you need assistance.
  • Call Me Athena, Girl from Detroit: a novel in verse by Colby Cedar Smith
  • Dead of Winter by Stephen Mack Jones
  • The Dock Porter: A Mackinac Island Novel by Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone
  • Getting to the Heart of the Matter: my 36 years in the Senate by Senator Carl Levin, written with Linda Gustitus
  • Miles from Motown by Lisa Sukenic
  • The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng 
  • Private Love, Public School: Gay Teacher Under Fire by Christine A. Yared
  • Standpipe: Delivering Water in Flint by David Hardin
  • Trout Water: a Year on the Au Sable by Josh Greenberg
To reserve MeL items visit MeL.org  or contact us at 231-882-4111 or benzonialibraryconnect@gmail.com.

Every year, the Library of Michigan selects up to twenty of the most notable books, either written by a Michigan resident or about Michigan or the Great Lakes. The selected books are honored in the year after their publication or copyright date. Each selected title speaks to our state’s rich cultural, historical, and literary heritage and proves without a doubt that some of the greatest stories are found in the Great Lakes State. 

 
To learn more about Michigan Notable books visit www.michigan.gov

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Activities and Events:

February 2023
  2 Friends of BPL Annual Meeting
  3 Story Time with Miss Anne
10 Story Time with Miss Anne
15 Trustee Meeting
17 Story Time with Miss Anne
24 Story Time with Miss Anne

March 2023
  3 Story Time with Miss Anne
10 Story Time with Miss Anne
15 Trustee Meeting
17 Story Time with Miss Anne
24 Story Time with Miss Anne
24 Story Time with Miss Anne

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Contact Us:

231-882-4111
benzonialibraryconnect@gmail.com
891 Michigan Ave. (US-31)
P.O. Box 445
Benzonia, MI 49616-0445

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Saturday, 10 am-2 pm
Sunday, Closed

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Drop box is available for returns  EXCEPT STEM Kits, Library of Things Equipment, and Ice Skates. 


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PO Box 445, Benzonia, MI 49616
501(c)(3) organization

Tax ID (EIN): 56-2542168
​Benzonia Public Library
PO Box 445, Benzonia, MI 49616
Section 170(c)(I) Governmental  Unit
Tax ID (EIN): 38-2493013
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