Sleeping Bear Press has impressed young readers, parents, teachers and booksellers with high-quality, beautifully illustrated picture books. As a small regional publisher based in Chelsea, Michigan, they’re proud to say that readers throughout the country know them by name. No matter their size, their goal remains the same: Provide books that enrich children’s lives through stories that blend entertaining text with educational content.

The winning bidder receives a lovely basket filled with 10 books - eight hardcovers, one board book and two paperbacks - and a few extras such as a Willow doll from the book Willow. The basket includes these titles:

• Willow (hardcover) by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan and illustrated by Cyd Moore


• Saving Samantha: A True Story (hardcover) by Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen and illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen


• J is for Jack-O-Lantern (hardcover) by Denise Brennan-Nelson and illustrated by Donald Wu


• M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet (hardcover) written by Annie Appleford, poems by Kathy-jo Wargin and illustrated by Michael G. Monroe


• The Legend of Sleeping Bear (hardcover)by Kathy-jo Wargin and illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen


• Moose on the Loose (hardcover) by Kathy-jo Wargin and illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello


• Memoirs of a Goldfish (hardcover) by Devin Scillian and illustrated by Tim Bowers


• Little Michigan (board book)


• Diary of a Michigan Kid (paperback diary with illustrations by Cyd Moore)


• Buzzy the Bumblebee (paperback) by Denise Brennan-Nelson and illustrated by Michael Glenn Monroe

Get more information about these books and Sleeping Bear Press' extensive catalog at www.sleepingbearpress.com