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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 three-part webinar series beginning in late September - a great opportunity to host a watch party at your library! These Zoom events are open to the public throughout the Great Lakes Basin. Pre-registration is required. Visit greatlakesgreatread.org to learn more and register. All events start at 6:00 p.m. CST
"How to Share a Great Lakes Story" WorkshopVaughn Public Library, Ashland WI In this two-part workshop, participants will learn how to turn their everyday experiences and memories of the Great Lakes into stories. Attendees can bring stories they've already written or just come with ideas and experiences to draw from. We will discuss the five main elements of a story and how to discover them. The class is led by Jen Rubin, Executive Producer of Love Wisconsin, a digital storytelling project of Wisconsin Humanities.
Scheduled Author Appearances (subject to change)Joanne Robertson
Sally Cole-Misch
Both Authors Friday, November 8: Great Lakes Science & Literature Cafe, Paradise North Distillery, Green Bay, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Open to the public. Visit greatlakesgreatread.org/events/ to learn more. 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! 
