I Know Where the Freighters Go
by Marlene Miller
ISBN: 987-1-933916-293
Price: $9.95
Do you remember the first time that you saw a freighter out on the Great Lakes? Did you try to imagine where it was headed and what it had on board? This feeling of awe and wonder is captured in I Know Where the Freighters Go. From cargo to destination, and from the crew's jobs to buying groceries, all of our questions are answered in this engaging, lyrical, and delightfully illustrated story.
Praise for I Know Where the Freighters Go
"What a wonderful way to inform and teach children about our Great Lakes shipping. The children just love to see the freighters pass the Great Lakes Maritime Center at Vantage Point in Port Huron. Marlene has done a wonderful job with this children's book. I'm very impressed with her attention to detail."
—Peter P. Werle, Operations Manager
Great Lakes Maritime Center, Port Huron, MI
"Having spent ten years of my life working on the Great Lakes, I am very positive that this book will be well received and enjoyed by kids of all ages. The author's artwork is terrific. She is very talented."
—Frank Frisk, AKA "Freighter Frank"
Great Lakes Maritime Center, Port Huron, MI
"I Know Where the Freighters Go has an appealing, instructive, and easily understood story line. The illustrations are attractive and realistic, and while they are appropriately simplified for young audiences, they are also sufficiently interesting to stimulate questions and conversation. I think it's a great piece of work!"
—Pat Labadie, Historian
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Alpena, MI
"I Know Where the Freighters Go by Marlene Miller contains wonderful illustrations which encourage a child's imagination and fascination about the Great Lakes and the many interesting ships that sail upon them."
—Captain R. Priefer
S.S. Milwaukee Clipper Preservation, Inc. Muskegon, MI
About the Author
Marlene Miller, author of I Know Where the Freighters Go, is an artist, writer, and poet, as well as a preschool teacher. She has been writing and illustrating stories and poems since childhood. A native of Port Huron, Michigan, she spent many summer evenings on the shores of Lake Huron with her parents, watching freighters spotlight fishing boats. Her illustrations capture the wonder that freighters gave her as a child. Marlene's other interests are camping and hiking, kayaking and sailing, climbing trees, enjoying nature, and, of course, reading to and playing with her triplet grandsons and two granddaughters.