M Is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet

by Annie Appleford

Book Overview

Where was the first mile of highway paved? Who was the 38th President of the United States? What is the nation's most remote National Park? What was the first bottled soda pop in this country? Find the answers to these questions and many more in M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet. Author Annie Appleford has written M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet to acquaint children with the most important people, places and items that have helped mold Michigan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886947732
• ISBN13: 9781886947733
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

Triple Threat!

Amazing illustrations...great poetry...interesting facts. You'll find all three in this alphabet book about Michigan. Great to read aloud and great to read alone (again and again)....I highly recommend this book (and future books in the series) to all elementary school teachers. My second graders hurried to grab this book after I read it aloud. Unique and such a high-quality book! BUY IT!

A great resource for teacher

I am a teacher education student and I read this book to a class of 1st graders and they loved it. It teaches all of the wonders of Michigan. It also has a wonderful vocabulary. I would highly recomend this book to anyone that loves the state of Michigan.

Sing-a-long Poems for the very young!

I love this book! As a teacher, this book has been such a great tool - the kids, especially preschool and kindergarten, will even sit still during the lively little poems that Ms. Wargin wrote for each letter - they even learn a few facts along the way, too. Some of my little ones even have memorized some poems! Neat book.

Wonderfully written...beautifully illustrated!

We at Michigan Magazine television have had the extreme pleasure to visit with the illustrator, Michael Glenn Monroe, for an upcoming segment in regards to M is for Mitten and Buzzy the bumblebee and have found a wonderful dedication to collaborate with Annie Appleford and Kathy-jo Wargin in creating exciting illustrations that are bound to stimulate and encourage youngsters to learn the alphabet and more about our Great Lakes State!

Beautiful artwork! Destined to be a bestseller in Michigan.

There are three books in one. An ABC book in peotic verse; a factual book with information in the columns on each page and in the fact sheet at the end; plus a richly painted book of art by one of Michigan's best wildlife artists. A treasure for all ages.