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

Personal life

Houts lives in

Celina, Ohio Celina ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, Ohio, United States about 58 miles northwest of Dayton, Ohio, Dayton. The population was 10,400 at the United States Census 2010, 2010 census. Celina is situated on the northwestern sh ...

Books

*''Sea Glass Summer'' (2019,

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). *''When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike''. (2016, Ohio University Press), biography of extreme hiker Emma Rowena Gatewood. Chosen as a

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Best Picture Book of 2016. *''Kammie on First'' (2014, Ohio University Press), a biography of Dottie Kamenshek. *''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)

References

Living people American non-fiction children's writers American children's writers American women children's writers 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-child-writer-stub