David B. McConnell

David McConnell

Hillsdale, Michigan

David McConnell is an award-winning author of books about Michigan. “Michigan has a unique and exciting history and I want to help readers, both young and old, discover it. Think about the stone-age people hunting huge mastodons or imagine miners finding boulders of pure copper in the 1800s! Hear the whine of a saw ripping pine logs into boards during the lumber days or the putt-putt of an early Oldsmobile or Model T that was made in Michigan. Be in awe of the brave ironworkers who stood hundreds of feet above the Great Lakes to build the Mackinac Bridge!”

His first book was published in 1981 and he has been working ever since on books and other projects to help people learn about Michigan and how it came to be the great state it is today.

Some of his books are:

Discover Michigan, ©1981 (4th grade level)

Explore Michigan A to Z, ©1993 (3rd/4th grade level)

Forging the Peninsulas: Michigan Is Made, ©2008 (high school/adult)

A Little People's Beginning On Michigan, ©1981 (1st-2nd

grade level)

Meet Michigan, ©2009 (3rd grade level)

Michigan's Story, ©1996 (middle school level)

Our Michigan Adventure, ©2005 (4th grade level)

Awards:

Michigan Product of the Year 1982 for Discover Michigan.

Award of Merit, Historical Society of Michigan, 1989 for Forging the Peninsulas: Michigan Is Made.

State History Award, Historical Society of Michigan, 2005 for Our Michigan Adventure.

He is listed in Michigan Authors, edited by Carol Smallwood.