Carol Crane is the author of fourteen books with Sleeping Bear Press.
Carol Crane is a historian and has always been a journal writer. She
loves to stop and read historical markers. Traveling around the country,
she speaks at reading conventions and schools, networking with children
and educators on the fabric that makes up the quilt of this great country.
Using information in the state books, she transports kids around the
state. Her greatest joy is to have a child say, "Wow! I didn't know
that".

Carol Crane, with forty years experience in children's literature as
an educational consultant, has become widely recognized by many schools
and educators for her expertise in children's literature. She has conducted
in-service seminars for teachers at many schools across the
country. Carol also works with children as an author. At a recent
reading conference at University of Alabama, she was described
as, ..."A walking, talking bibliography of children's books".

Ten years ago, Carol instituted a summer reading program. Teachers,
media specialists and librarians have attended her "Bed, Breakfast
and Books" seminars across the country. The assembling of attending
authors, pre-publications of children's book, and sharing of ideas
among fellow teachers has been a very important reading event.
In 2002, two institutes were held. One at Mendon, Michigan at
David and Sarah Small's art studio (the Caldecott winner). the
second one was held at Stowe, Vermont at the Trapp Lodge
where many authors were on the speaking strand. The 2003
sessions were held again at Stowe, Vermont and then at
Frankenmuth, Michigan.