Written for busy parents and families on the go, Michigan Family Field Trips features the best Michigan places for children, in a format that's small enough to stow in a bag or the car.
Ellyce Field explores 60 sites and includes restaurant suggestions for family-run establishments wherever possible, many of them with kids' menus. Michigan Family Field Trips is divided into four color-coded sections: southeastern Michigan, Mid-Michigan, Western Michigan, and Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. The book also includes important information about each site such as address, telephone number, Web address, hours, admission fee, parking, and age appropriateness.
Features such popular and lesser-known sites as:
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Detroit Puppet Theater
Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Lionel Trains
Potter Park Zoo
Curious Kids Museum
Windmill Island
Hartwick Pines State Park
Soo Locks Boat Tour
Ellyce Field writes for the Detroit News and is the author of the Detroit Kids Catalog series. Visit her website at www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION0338
