Michelle Schaub
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Michelle Schaub is an award-winning children’s author and teacher. She has a passion for poetry and a fascination with nature and science.
Michelle loves using wordplay and the sounds and rhythms of language to delight, inspire, and empower kids, especially when it comes to caring for the Earth and its residents. She shares creative ways for educators to use poetry to boost literacy skills on her blog, POETRY BOOST. Michelle’s books include Meadows of the Sea (Sleeping Bear Press, 2026); Pumpkin Smash (Norton Young Readers, 2026); A Pathway for Pollinators (Norton Young Readers, 2026); A Place for Rain (Norton Young Readers, 2024) (2025 Indiana Library Association Best Read Aloud; 2025 Blueberry Changemaker Honor Book); Leafy Landmarks: Travels with Trees (Sleeping Bear Press, 2024)(2024 Eureka! Gold Winner; 2025 NCTE Poetry Notable; 2025 Bank Street Books Best Children’s Books); Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers’ Market (Charlesbridge, 2017) (2018 Growing Good Kids Award; 2019 Northern Lights Book Award); Finding Treasure: A Collection of Collections (Charlesbridge, 2019) (NCTE 2020 Notable Poetry Book); Dream Big, Little Scientists (Charlesbridge, 2020); and Kindness is a Kite String (Cardinal Rule Press, 2021.) Her poems appear in several anthologies, including Schoolapalooza (Moonshower, 2024) and A World Full of Poems (DK, 2020). Michelle lives in Colorado, where she enjoys visiting local farmers’ markets, hiking mountain trails, and discovering other ways to explore the great outdoors. Michelle is represented by Lisa Amstutz. Publications
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Twitter: @Schaubwrites • Facebook: michelle.b.schaub • Website: michelleschaub.com • Instagram: schaubwrites • Pinterest: MichelleBSchaub
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