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Great Lakes, Great Read
Selected Titles“The Water Walker” by Joanne Robertson is the children’s selection and the adult selection is “The Best Part of Us” by Sally Cole-Misch. Read the Press Release Joanne Robertson was inspired to write and illustrate our children’s selection because of her passion for caring for nibi (water). “The Water Walker” is the true story of a determined Ojibwe grandmother, a Nokomis named Josephine Mandamin who walked to raise awareness of pollution happening in the Great Lakes. Robertson continues to speak and write on behalf of the watershed since the book was published in 2017. Sally Cole-Misch published the novel “The Best Part of Us” in 2021 and it explores a family’s ties to an inland lake in northern Ontario, just north of Lake Huron —and how those ties are tested both through natural processes and family dynamics. She wrote her novel to continue her work communicating our essential connections with nature — particularly the Great Lakes — and the role each of us can play to restore, protect and enjoy all that nature gives to us. The interactive Great Lakes, Great Read website also launched on Earth Day. Send your programming ideas and titles for our bibliographies of titles related to the Great Lakes to [email protected]. Author Webinar SeriesBoth authors will be featured in a free webinar series beginning in late September. All events will start at 6:00 p.m. and will be open to the public throughout the Great Lakes Basin area. Mark your calendar for September 25, October 2 and October 9. Authors the Authors Online or In PersonBoth authors will be featured in a free webinar series beginning in late September. All events will start at 6:00 p.m. central time and are open to the public throughout the Great Lakes Basin area. Mark your calendar for September 25, October 2 and October 9. The authors will also travel to Wisconsin to take part in the WLA Fall Conference taking place November 5 – 8 at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay. In addition, each author is scheduled to make appearances in the Green Bay and Door County area during that same time. Their schedules are below with additional appearances still in the works. Scheduled Author Appearances (subject to change)Joanne Robertson
Sally Cole-Misch
Both authors will attend the Friday evening Science + Literature café at the Paradise North Distillery in Green Bay, an event open to the public. All events open to the public will be posted with times and location on the Great Lakes, Great Read website. Partnership with Wisconsin HumanitiesPlans are underway to partner with Wisconsin Humanities on a Great Lakes storytelling event this fall. Watch the Great Lakes, Great Read website or the WLA website for more details coming soon! About Great Lakes, Great ReadGreat Lakes, Great Read is a basin wide community read program designed to inspire passion and connection to the Great Lakes Watershed through reading. Funded by a WiLS Ideas to Action grant, the Wisconsin program is a partnership between the Wisconsin Water Library at UW Madison and WLA and will serve as a pilot with the goal of being a catalyst for the development of similar programs in other states and provinces in the Upper Midwest and Canada. Click here to read the press release.
Watch this webpage and join the Great Lakes, Great Read 2024 email list for program updates: Great Lakes, Great Read email list.
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After a successful launch on Earth Day (April 22), excitement about the Great Lakes, Great Read initiative has continued to build. We have some exciting news to share about upcoming programs and activities! 
