Each day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Minnesota Nonfiction finalist: The Ford Century in Minnesota by Brian McMahon Published by: University of Minnesota Press Category Sponsor: Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota In 1903,…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Middle Grade Literature finalist: Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story by Caren Stelson Published by: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Category Sponsor: Education Minnesota This striking work of…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Memoir & Creative Nonfiction finalist: The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang Published by: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company Category Sponsor:…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Genre Fiction finalist: The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens Published by: Seventh Street Books Category Sponsor: Macalester College Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden’s…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 General Nonfiction finalist: Designing Our Way to a Better World by Thomas Fisher Published by: University of Minnesota Press Category Sponsor: College of Saint Benedict Literary…
Read MoreEach day we highlight one of the 36 finalists leading up to the April 8 announcement of the Minnesota Book Awards, presented by Education Minnesota. Today we feature 2017 Children’s Literature finalist: This Is NOT a Cat! by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka Published by: Sterling Children’s Books/Sterling Publishing Category Sponsor: Books For Africa…
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