Michelle Houts is an American author of picture and chapter books for children.

Personal life edit

Houts lives in Celina, Ohio.[1]

Books edit

  • Sea Glass Summer (2019, Candlewick Press).[2]
  • When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike. (2016, Ohio University Press), biography of extreme hiker Emma Rowena Gatewood. Chosen as a School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2016.[3][4]
  • Kammie on First (2014, Ohio University Press), a biography of Dottie Kamenshek.[5][6][7]
  • Winterfrost (2014, Candlewick Press)
  • Silent Swoop (2019, Dawn Publications)
  • Count the Wings: The Life and Art of Charley Harper (2018, Ohio University Press), biography of mid-century modern artist Charley Harper
  • Lucy's Lab, Book 1: Nuts About Science (2017, Sky Pony Press)
  • Lucy's Lab, Book 2: Solids, Liquids, Guess Who's Got Gas (2017, Sky Pony Press)
  • Lucy's Lab, Book 3: The Colossal Fossil Fiasco (2018, Sky Pony Press)
  • The Beef Princess of Practical County (2009, Random House, Delacorte Press)
  • The Practical County Drama Queen (2014, MuseItUp)

References edit

  1. ^ Mykranz, Susan (24 July 2017). "Good planning leads to 600-cow dairy". Farm and Dairy. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ Gurdon, Meghan Cox (24 May 2019). "An Endless Season for All Ages (book review)". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ Martin, Melissa (17 January 2018). "Grandma Gatewood, Appalachian heroine". Gallipolis Daily Tribune. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. ^ Votaw, Emily (2 October 2018). "New York Times Bestselling Author to Speak on Grandma Gatewood". WOUB. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ Rosen, Judith (17 July 2015). "Is Children's Nonfiction Having Its Moment?". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. ^ Hayne, Mark (24 November 2014). "The life of Cincinnati's Dottie "Kammie" Kamenshek, professional baseball player". WVXU. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. ^ Martin, Melissa (17 April 2018). "Girls play baseball, too!". Gallipolis Daily Tribune. Retrieved 26 May 2019.