Michelle Houts
Michelle Houts is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for young readers, ranging from colorful, engaging picture books to adventurous middle-grade novels. She loves to talk to young readers and writers about not only her work and process, but their own ideas and creations.
WINTERFROST Book Talk
30 Minute Program
$125
Nuts About Science: Inspiration, Investigation, Imagination
45 Minute Program
$200
How to Tell a Life - Writing About Real People
45 Minute Program
$200
Give a HOOT! The Story of Coal and SILENT SWOOP
30 Minute Program
$125
A most unusual great-horned owl rescue? The true story of a failed (and then successful) attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail? A wintry adventure to recover a lost baby in the magical world of the Scandinavian nisse? Michelle Houts jumps enthusiastically into her stories, some fiction and nonfiction. She loves telling about interesting lives, like a woman who played professional baseball in a skirt (KAMMIE ON FIRST), a midcentury modern artist (COUNT THE WINGS: THE LIFE AND ART OF CHARLEY HARPER), the first woman to solo hike the Appalachian Trail (WHEN GRANDMA GATEWOOD TOOK A HIKE) and a great-horned owl (SILENT SWOOP). She also exploring the imagination to see what's possible. SEA GLASS SUMMER dives into the mysteries of the ocean with a multi-generational tale and a surprise ending and WINTERFROST is a great family read-aloud. Houts brings the mysteries of science to life in her STEM-based chapter book series, LUCY’S LAB, which encourages young readers to be curious about the world around us. Houts is a frequent speaker at schools and conferences. She is the creator of The Mark Boney Promise, an anti-bullying campaign, and the 52 Letter Challenge, which is bringing back the art of writing real, actual letters.
Michelle does most of her presenting from a restored 1894 one-room schoolhouse-turned-writing-studio.
Check out Michelle online:
Silent Swoop: An Owl, an Egg, and a Warm Shirt Pocket
Silent Swoop: An Owl, an Egg, and a Warm Shirt Pocket - Hard Cover
Sea Glass Summer
Solids, Liquids, Guess Who's Got Gas?
The Beef Princess of Practical County
Winterfrost
Count the Wings
Nuts About Science
Kammie on First
The Colossal Fossil Fiasco
When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike
