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Kathy-jo Wargin

Born

in Tower, Minnesota, The United States

December 20, 1964

Website

http://www.kathy-jowargin.com

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Genre

Fiction, Children's, Children's

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Kathy-jo Wargin is the bestselling author of more than fifty books for adults and children. With more than 1.2 million copies sold, she writes across genres and age-groups, and has earned national recognition for award–winning titles such as Michigan’s Official State Children’s Book The Legend of Sleeping Bear, the International Reading Association’s Children's Choice Award Winner The Legend of the Loon, the Bank Street College of Education Best Book Listee The Voyageur’s Paddle, the IRA Teacher's Choice Award Winner Win One for the Gipper, and many more.

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The Fish

I keep a ceramic fish in my office.

A few years ago, I was visiting an elementary school in Michigan.

By all appearances, the school was typical. Clean, bright hallways trimmed with small lockers, student artwork taped on walls and paper mobiles hanging from the ceiling. It rang with the expected sounds of start-time bells, a morning announcement, classroom doors opening and closing, chai...

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Kathy-jo Wargin’s books

Average rating: 3.91 · 2,151 ratings · 379 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Legend of Sleeping Bear 4.26 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moose on the Loose by Kathy-jo Wargin, John Bendall-Brunello (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of Mackinac Island 4.27 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell by Kathy-jo Wargin, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scare a Bear by Kathy-jo Wargin, John Bendall-Brunello (Illustrator) 3.45 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frog Prince by Kathy-jo Wargin, Anne Yvonne Gilbert (Illustrator) 3.39 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize by Kathy-jo Wargin, Zachary Pullen (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of the Petoskey Stone by Kathy-jo Wargin, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of the Lady's Slipper by Kathy-jo Wargin, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen 4.18 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legend of the Loon by Kathy-jo Wargin (Illustrations), Gisbert Van Frankemhuyzen 4.09 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Kathy-jo Wargin

God's Alphabet (4 books)
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Kathy-jo Wargin,

Richard G. Johnson

3.63 avg rating — 150 ratings

Frank and Beans (4 books)
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Kathy-jo Wargin,

Anthony Lewis (Illustrator)

3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings

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