The Fresh Coast
Bookshelf 2026
coming soon from the Library of the Great Lakes
All of our local Great Lakes region public libraries will have the chance to apply for a “Bookshelf in a Box” – a curated selection of 12 books across age range and genre that celebrate the Great Lakes, plus a full-color display kit to help promote their new bookshelf!
The selection list includes fantastic, fresh titles from children’s literature, adult fiction, nonfiction and poetry – and…
The first four titles to be revealed are:
Sisters in the Wind
by Angeline Boulley
Skating Wild on an Inland Sea
by Jean Pendziwol (author) and Todd Stewart (illustrator)
Fresh Water, Women Writing on the Great Lakes
by Alison Swan
A Kid’s Guide to Plants of the Great Lakes Region
by Phillipa Joly
Save the Date: Application period opens January 28th!
Program open to all public libraries within the 8 U.S. States and 2 Canadian Provinces in the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Ontario and Quebec).
Come back on December 15th when we’ll reveal the next four titles!
Post Image: October Saugatuck by John Shultz