A Time to Harvest: The Farm Paintings of Franklin Halverson

Arts & Photography

Barnard, Bob

Painting

Midwest Traditions

Wilderness living in the late 1700s is captured and brought to life. Thirty-one paintings show how the rugged voyageurs of the North West Company worked and lived and laughed. This book was originally published in 1994 but has been unavailable for the past several years, until now.

The Illustrated Voyageur

History

Sivertson, Howard

Americas

Award-winning oral history, with over 100 historical photographs, takes an entertaining look at the folkways and colorful character of rural fiddlers in the Midwest in the early 1900s. The text and images celebrate the days of "house party" socials, barn dances, and old-time fiddler contests, based on interviews by the author with elder musicians and dancers.

Farmhouse Fiddlers: Music & Dance Traditions in the Rural Midwest

Martin, Philip

Music

It happened in the long ago. . . . So begin many tales in this wonderful collection of traditional legends and recent writings by Ojibwe elder storyteller Anne Dunn. The short pieces range from folk tales of Native American origin myths (the antics of Beaver, Rabbit, Otter, Bear, and others) to nature writing and contemporary stories of peace, justice, and environmental concern. Brimming with insight, vibrant with strength and beauty, these indeed are stories to live by, for all ages. Divided into the four seasons of the year, many of the stories are perfect to be read aloud to children.

When Beaver Was Very Great: Stories to Live by

Literature & Fiction

Dunn, Anne M.

United States

75 short, purposeful traditional tales and original fables by a Native American (Ojibwe) storyteller. Each gives gentle guidance on issues of social justice, living in harmony with nature, and personal growth.

Politics & Social Sciences

White, Sharon L.

Social Sciences

Young Charlotte and her family spend a year in the 1870's on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, discovering its natural beauty and folk history through adventures with local characters and friends

Charlotte Avery on Isle Royale

Children's Books

Curtis, Rebecca S.

Nostalgic drawings and stories capture the flavor of rural life -- the culture and the people.

One Little Farm: Boyhood Visits to a Midwestern Farm in the 1920s and '30s

Henning, Donald S.

Ghost Stories (Regional Wisconsin/Folklore/Storytelling). For ages 8 and up. A delightful selection of 18 spooky Wisconsin tales for reading or telling aloud, collected and retold by two experience storytellers. Pleasantly blood-curdling tales of things that go bump in the night: from helpful stangers who disappear to mysterious library patrons to tales of the famous Ridgeway ghost. From historical and oral sources. "A lively compilation," says Midwest Book Review. Includes tips on how to memorize and tell a ghost story successfully.

The Bookcase Ghost: A Storyteller's Collection of Wisconsin Ghost Stories

Matson, Elizabeth

Stotts, Stuart

Genre Fiction

The Illustrated Voyageur is a colorful book of paintings and stories, depicting the adventures of canoeing through the northern wilderness in the late 1700s. In birchbark canoes, the voyageurs paddled on long journeys of 1,000 miles or more, following winding chains of lakes and rivers through the spectacular, pristine beauty of the north. Thirty-one paintings show the rugged canoemen of the North West Company - running rapids, portaging, weathering storms, camping and cooking in wild terrain - en route to their gala summer rendezvous on the shores of Lake Superior.

Individual Artists

In pioneer Wisconsin in 1871, thirteen-year-old Carrie Heidenworth, daughter of a German immigrant family, runs for her life from the raging storm of the great Peshtigo Fire as it races through the countryside to the north of Green Bay. Separated from her family, with little brother Fritz in tow, Carrie races with others, including Father Pernin, priest of the local Catholic church, to a bridge crossing the Peshtigo River. Suddenly, young Carrie finds herself clinging to the back of a cow swimming in the river, praying that she and Fritz and several friends will survive the night as the firestorm raged overhead. The Peshtigo Fire occurred on the same night as the Great Chicago Fire (October 8) and was much more deadly, with over 1,000 lives lost. This dramatic chapter book for young readers, based in part on a true story, deals in positively with issues of faith and trust, friendship and courage. Recipient of a Book Award of Merit (1997) from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Carrie and the Crazy Quilt

Teen & Young Adult

Nelda Johnson Liebig

Historical Fiction

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A Time to Harvest: The Farm Paintings of Franklin Halverson

The Illustrated Voyageur

Farmhouse Fiddlers: Music & Dance Traditions in the Rural Midwest

When Beaver Was Very Great: Stories to Live by

When Beaver Was Very Great: Stories to Live by

Charlotte Avery on Isle Royale

One Little Farm: Boyhood Visits to a Midwestern Farm in the 1920s and '30s

The Bookcase Ghost: A Storyteller's Collection of Wisconsin Ghost Stories

The Illustrated Voyageur

Carrie and the Crazy Quilt