Jody's Michigan Adventure Books
Complete Set of Seven, w/slipcase $48.65
Michigan's Holland
Holland is the very first volume in the series. This is the book in which Katie Murphy’s father buys Jody, the Dutch toy mouse. You’ll meet a skunk, named Flower, who tries to eat Jody when Katie sets him down by the Historic Pillar Church. Finding that the toy mouse doesn’t taste good, Flower decides to be friends. The two animals swap their impressions of Holland, which Katie insists her brother include in his computer travelogue. Accompany Kevin, when he investigates the history of the Dutch settlers, at the museums in Holland.
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Michigan's Frankenmuth
Join Katie and Kevin Murphy as they learn the history of the Bavarian settlers and the Indians. Visit Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland with them, and learn how Katie loses her toy mouse, Jody. Left at Bronner’s, Jody befriends Schatzi, the toy raccoon. While the children visit the town, you can explore Bronner’s and, eventually, the wonderful Bavarian clock tower, with Jody and Schatzi. They hear the legend of the Pied Piper. When Jody and Katie are reunited, Schatzi becomes part of the family.
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Michigan's Mackinac Island
See how Katie Murphy's toy turtle, Mich, goes for a swim in the Straits, tumbles into the fudge. and is lost at Arch Rock. Let Kevin tell you the story about Alexis St. Martin, the voyageur, who was shot in the stomach and cared for by Dr. Beaumont. Kevin also relates the history of the great Indian war, when Chief Pontiac led the Indians against the British. Explore the forts in Mackinaw City and on Mackinac Island with the children. They learn history of the French, British, and the Indians. They also get a sense of how the Great Lakes connect, while watching the freighters.
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Michigan's Detroit
Learn about the Auto Barons and the making of Detroit in the Detroit volume. Visit the Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, the Eastern Market, Greek Town, the People Mover, the Ren Cen, Hamtramck, and Belle Isle with the Murphy children. You’ll also see how poor Jody has to deal with the ego-maniacal toy frog Gilbert, whose arrogance gets him into lots of trouble. Gilbert regrets not having had time to visit Motown.
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula
See Tahquamenon Falls with the Murphys, and learn how tannic acid leaches into the water. The Murphy family visits Kitch-iti-kipi, Fayette, the Soo Locks, the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park, Gogebic County's Presque Ile River and falls, and Pictured Rocks. They find out more about bears than they ever wanted to know when Jody, the toy mouse, falls into Kitch-iti-kipi. They discover how the Cornish miners heated meat pasties in the mines. Katie & Jody learn the Yooper dialect. Most importantly, the children get a feel for the richness of the Europen cultures that went into the making of the U.P. as it is today.
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Michigan's Northwest 
Join Katie Murphy when she and her toy wolf, Willie, meet Fluffy the fox. You'll see how Fluffy finds his way into the Murphy van and chews up all the wires. Be with the Murphy family when they visit Michigan's beautiful northwest, including Old Mission Peninsula, with its apple orchards, originally planted by the Indians, Petoskey [the little Traverse Historical Museum, with its quill boxes made by the Odawa], and the 250 million-year-old Petoskey Stone. Katie returns home with enough Petoskey stones to sink a fleet.
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Michigan's Greenfield Village 
Join the fun when the Murphy Children's cousin, Elliot, is visiting for the summer. A budding young scientist, Elliot builds a Wright glider. The children visit The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Elliot finds out how Henry Ford's quadricycle is made. Kevin Murphy is a history buff. He is interested in the historical aspect of everything he sees. 'Katie,' Kevin's little sister, and her friend, Jihan, find out about Ford and Edison, the Wright Brothers, the Ackley covered Bridge, the 'Cap Cod,' windmill from West 'Yarmount,' the Cotswolds, Noah Webster, Luther Burbank, Stephen Foster, and George Washington Carver.
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