Margi Preus

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Margi Preus writes children’s books, plays, comic operas and a variety of nonsense in Duluth, Minnesota. Her short fiction for adults and children has appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies. She teaches children’s literature at The College of St. Scholastica and an occasional course at University of Minnesota-Duluth. When not doing any of those things, she hikes, skis and paddles her way around the north country and anywhere else she might find herself in the world.

A Book of Grace

A Book of Grace
edited with Ann Treacy
Sourcebooks, 2002
young adult to adult, ISBN 978-1570719776

A collection of poems, prayers and quotes representing faiths and cultures from around the world.

Legend of the Ladyslipper

Legend of the Lady Slipper
written with Lise Lunge Larsen
llustrated by Andrea Arroyo
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
ages 4 to 8, ISBN 978-0395905128

The lady slipper grows in the northern woods to mark the courage and strength of a small girl who lived there long ago—a girl who saved her people from a terrible disease by listening carefully to the whispering snow, the rumbling ice, and the dancing northern lights. Illustrated with paintings as graceful and delicate as the lady slipper itself, this unforgettable retelling shows how a child’s lost slippers became one of nature’s most lovely spring flowers.

Awards
1999 Great Lakes Book Award Finalist; Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

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