Fresh Coast Bookshelf: Title Reveal #2!

Posted on by Lena Burdick

The Fresh Coast
Bookshelf 2026

coming soon from the Library of the Great Lakes

Coming your way, look for the opportunity to apply for the Fresh Coast Bookshelf, a curated selection of 12 fantastic books across age range and genre that celebrate the Great Lakes, plus a full-color display kit to help promote it – all local Great Lakes region public libraries will be eligible to apply.

As we count down to the Application Open date (Jan. 28th), let’s reveal the next four titles:

The next four titles to be revealed are:

A book cover with cartoon graphics of a young woman standing on the decl of a lighthouse with a young man a few feet behind her.
Cover for the book "The Best Part of Us" by Sally Cole-Misch. The cover features a photograph of water with distant, forested land.
The cover to Dave Dempsey's book "The Great lakes: Fact or Fake?" with a silhouette of the Great Lakes and red questions marks in the background.
A book cover featuring whimsical art of a large fish jumping out of water.
Find these titles in our Digital Bookshelf

The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry
by Anna Rose Johnson

The Great Lakes: Fact or Fake?
by Dave Dempsey

The Best Part of Us
by Sally Cole-Misch

The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great Lakes
by Lynne Heasley

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).

Check out our previously announced titles here.

Come back on January 15th when we’ll reveal the next four titles!

Post Image: October Saugatuck by John Shultz