Row, Row, Row Your Boat in Michigan

by Christopher Robbins, Mary Sergeeva (Illustrator)

Row, row, row your boat . . . in Michigan! The sights and scenery of Michigan spring to life in this adorable twist on the favorite children’s song. Each die-cut page of the layered board book reveals an imaginary boat sailing past Lake Michigan, Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Windmill Island, and more! A delightful children’s introduction to the iconic places of Michigan. And when you’re done with your journey?

Row, row, row your boat back around the bend.
If you love Michigan, sing the song again!
 

16 pages, Board Book

Published April 26, 2022

About the author

Christopher Robbins began his career in journalism at the age of sixteen when he started writing jazz criticism for the Daily Telegraph. Since then he has written for numerous newspapers and magazines in Britain, Europe and the USA.

The Empress of Ireland won the Saga Award for wit, along with exceptional critical acclaim. In Search of Kazakhstan was short-listed for the Authors’ Club Best Travel Book Award 2008 in the UK and (under the title Apples Are From Kazakhstan) for the Best Travel Books of 2008 in the US. Air America, a worldwide bestseller when it was originally published, was made into a film starring Mel Gibson.

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the illustrations and the fact that there are cutouts in the board book, which make the pages easy to turn for my child. The rhyming and the syllables in the music are difficult at times.