• children’s author and poet

• college lecturer

• teacher

• mother and grandmother

• retired librarian

• born in Kentucky

• listened to her father tell stories

• stories were spoken, not read

• storytelling is in her blood

• books were scarce in her home

• family moved to Michigan for jobs

• mostly grew up in Michigan

• taught high school English in Michigan

• taught creative writing in community college

• library director and storyteller in Michigan

•wrote first stories in elementary school

•written two novels

•written ten children’s books

•written articles about writing

•written articles about teaching

• about a little skunk

• baby skunk gets lost

• he becomes afraid in the woods

• skunk counts throughout the story

• finds his family in the end

•vivid images of Michigan-like scenery

•animals included are native to Michigan

•supports learning math through counting

•teaches life lessons about family

•winner of the Children’s Choice Award

•about a boy at grandparents’ house

•as he sleeps, he hears noises

•noises of the house and woods

•these noises make music at night

•the boy dreams as music plays

•scenery depicts Michigan wildlife

•connection to the logging industry included

•poetry supports aspects of literature

•teaches literary elements like onomatopoeia

•winner of Canada’s Our Choice Award

• use The Bravest of the Brave

and write a journal entry as

the skunk in the story

• read All on a Sleepy Night

while listening to noises at night

•depicts scenery of where we live

•teaches students many life lessons

•stresses some school subjects

•fun and interesting stories

•support this Michigan author

•Award won for Mine!

•SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner

•Award won for

The House in the Meadow

•Great Lakes, Great Books

Award from the Michigan

Reading Association

• visit http://blog.shutta.com/

•discover titles written by Shutta Crum

•contact Shutta Crum

•read Shutta Crum’s blog postings

•learn more about this Michigan author

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Great Lakes Award: http://michiganreading.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=185

Crystal Kite Award: http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Crystal-Kite-Member-Choice-Awards

Crum, Shutta. The Bravest of the Brave. Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 2005. Print.

Crum, Shutta. All on a Sleepy Night. Fitzhenry & Whiteside: Massachusetts, 2001. Print.