Mackinac Island Press
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Mackinac Island Press, is an American
publisher of children's books, with an initial book called Has Anyone Seen Christmas?
The book was featured across the country by Barnes & Noble
and featured on Fox & Friends
morning show, the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and other prominent media outlets and ultimately hitting a top 50 ranking at Amazon and BN.com. The book has been turned into a float for America's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Negotiations were started with Disney and other film companies to take the book to the big screen.
's famous poem, that won the Midwest Booksellers Association Children's Picture Book of the Year Honor Book Award. That year they acquired rights to the Buck Wilder property and released their first Buck Wilder Adventure chapter books for children and the PaleoJoe Dinosaur Detective Club series . Buck Wilder books have sold over 370,000 since their debut. The Buck Wilder character had been put into every 4th grade classroom by the State of Michigan to help make kids active and interested in the outdoors. The PaleoJoe brand was launched by FOX TV in a pilot test for the State of Michigan and its success has plans by FOX to go national with the PaleoJoe Ultimate Field Trip for fall 2008.
where many famous artists, musicians and writers have come from, including a large percentage of the NY Philharmonic. The first volume in the series, Last Voyage of the Griffon, immediately had it films rights optioned by Brauer Productions, who has worked with Pixar
, Fox and MTV
.
2007 brought on a line of books by dollmaker, artisit and author, Tracy Gallup . A Crazy Little Series by Gallup premiered with Stone Crazy, Shell Crazy, Tree Crazy and Snow Crazy, with the illustrations in the book being Gallup's unique handmade dolls. Gallup is scheduled to release A Roomful of Questions in fall of 2008 and early reviews from key people in the book and library markets have identified it as one of the key books for Christmas 2008 and a launching point for Gallup's books.
In the fall of 2007, Mackinac Island Press was now garnering a very large national following from bookstores for its unique content and innovative art and production values with its books, now released a book by Dan Haseltine, lead singer of Jars of Clay
, a multi-Grammy, multi-platinum Christian rock band that was one of the first Christian rock
bands to cross over into the mainstream market. The book, Magnificent Me, with Michigan illustration Joel Schoon Tanis, was also making a major move to mainstream and Christian markets. Tanis recently won 6 Regional Emmys for his children's television show, Come On Over, The book was in Ingram's Top 10 Children's bestsellers, including a number of weeks at #1 for much of that fall.
Long-term plans stated by the company include a continuation of expanding their current publishing brands and the announcement of new properties that will have a large and long-term reach into the marketplace.
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publisher of children's books, with an initial book called Has Anyone Seen Christmas?
The book was featured across the country by Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...
and featured on Fox & Friends
Fox & Friends
Fox & Friends is an American morning television show on the Fox News Channel.-History:The show begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the latest Fox News Live headlines and analyzes the news of the morning...
morning show, the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and other prominent media outlets and ultimately hitting a top 50 ranking at Amazon and BN.com. The book has been turned into a float for America's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Negotiations were started with Disney and other film companies to take the book to the big screen.
Progress in 2006
In 2006 they released Gitchi Gumee, based on Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
's famous poem, that won the Midwest Booksellers Association Children's Picture Book of the Year Honor Book Award. That year they acquired rights to the Buck Wilder property and released their first Buck Wilder Adventure chapter books for children and the PaleoJoe Dinosaur Detective Club series . Buck Wilder books have sold over 370,000 since their debut. The Buck Wilder character had been put into every 4th grade classroom by the State of Michigan to help make kids active and interested in the outdoors. The PaleoJoe brand was launched by FOX TV in a pilot test for the State of Michigan and its success has plans by FOX to go national with the PaleoJoe Ultimate Field Trip for fall 2008.
Progress in 2007
In 2007, those chapter books series expanded with additional books and they also added a new series by an emerging writer, Wendy Caszatt-Allen, Adventures of Pachelot. Caszatt-Allen's writing has been called, "Like movies for the brain". She is a graduate from Interlochen Center for the ArtsInterlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen Center for the Arts is a privately owned, 1,200 acre arts education institution in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly 15 miles southwest of Traverse City...
where many famous artists, musicians and writers have come from, including a large percentage of the NY Philharmonic. The first volume in the series, Last Voyage of the Griffon, immediately had it films rights optioned by Brauer Productions, who has worked with Pixar
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
, Fox and MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
.
2007 brought on a line of books by dollmaker, artisit and author, Tracy Gallup . A Crazy Little Series by Gallup premiered with Stone Crazy, Shell Crazy, Tree Crazy and Snow Crazy, with the illustrations in the book being Gallup's unique handmade dolls. Gallup is scheduled to release A Roomful of Questions in fall of 2008 and early reviews from key people in the book and library markets have identified it as one of the key books for Christmas 2008 and a launching point for Gallup's books.
In the fall of 2007, Mackinac Island Press was now garnering a very large national following from bookstores for its unique content and innovative art and production values with its books, now released a book by Dan Haseltine, lead singer of Jars of Clay
Jars of Clay
Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
, a multi-Grammy, multi-platinum Christian rock band that was one of the first Christian rock
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
bands to cross over into the mainstream market. The book, Magnificent Me, with Michigan illustration Joel Schoon Tanis, was also making a major move to mainstream and Christian markets. Tanis recently won 6 Regional Emmys for his children's television show, Come On Over, The book was in Ingram's Top 10 Children's bestsellers, including a number of weeks at #1 for much of that fall.
2008 and future plans
2008 features another book by Anne Margaret Lewis (Has Anyone Seen Christmas?), 'Twas the Night Before Summer, which is being featured by libraries and a large number of bookstores across the United States. Lewis is also rumored to be working on another book for Christmas 2008 that is getting interest from the book and library markets.Long-term plans stated by the company include a continuation of expanding their current publishing brands and the announcement of new properties that will have a large and long-term reach into the marketplace.