Michelle Houts Explained

Michelle Houts is an American author of picture and chapter books for children.

Personal life

Houts lives in Celina, Ohio.^[1]

Sea Glass Summer (2019, Candlewick Press).^[2]
When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike. (2016, Ohio University Press), biography of extreme hiker Emma Rowena Gatewood. Chosen as a School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2016.^[3] ^[4]
Kammie on First (2014, Ohio University Press), a biography of Dottie Kamenshek.^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Winterfrost (2014, Candlewick Press)
Silent Swoop (2019, Dawn Publications)
Count the Wings: The Life and Art of Charley Harper (2018, Ohio University Press), biography of mid-century modern artist Charley Harper
Lucy's Lab, Book 1: Nuts About Science (2017, Sky Pony Press)
Lucy's Lab, Book 2: Solids, Liquids, Guess Who's Got Gas (2017, Sky Pony Press)
Lucy's Lab, Book 3: The Colossal Fossil Fiasco (2018, Sky Pony Press)
The Beef Princess of Practical County (2009, Random House, Delacorte Press)
The Practical County Drama Queen (2014, MuseItUp)

News: Mykranz . Susan . Good planning leads to 600-cow dairy . 26 May 2019 . Farm and Dairy . 24 July 2017.
News: Gurdon . Meghan Cox . An Endless Season for All Ages (book review) . 25 May 2019 . Wall Street Journal . 24 May 2019.
News: Martin . Melissa . Grandma Gatewood, Appalachian heroine . 26 May 2019 . Gallipolis Daily Tribune . 17 January 2018.
News: Votaw . Emily . New York Times Bestselling Author to Speak on Grandma Gatewood . 25 May 2019 . . 2 October 2018.
News: Rosen . Judith . Is Children's Nonfiction Having Its Moment? . 26 May 2019 . Publishers Weekly . 17 July 2015.
News: Hayne . Mark . The life of Cincinnati's Dottie "Kammie" Kamenshek, professional baseball player . 26 May 2019 . . 24 November 2014.
News: Martin . Melissa . Girls play baseball, too! . 26 May 2019 . Gallipolis Daily Tribune . 17 April 2018.