Snowshoe Kate is featured in Snowshoe Magazine!

Who knew there was a magazine dedicated to snowshoe enthusiasts?

It was wonderful to chat with reporter and avid snowshoer, Rick Stedman, about Dr. Kate. Margi was touched by this thoughtful review.

“Written as a fully illustrated picture book, Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies is ideal for readers ages 6–9. But its message—community, perseverance, and compassion—resonates well beyond that range.

Available through major booksellers, this is a story that earns two thumbs up for its engaging narrative, rich historical detail, and heartfelt illustrations. It’s the kind of book that keeps readers engaged from start to finish—whether they’re six or sixty.

In fact, my grandson William, an avid reader, will soon be receiving a copy for his ninth birthday.”

You can read the full review and interview with Margi at www.snowshoemag.com >

2026 Arrowhead Libraries Tour: "We Are All Storytellers"

April 20 to May 9, 2026

The Arrowhead Library System is presents “We Are All Storytellers,” featuring Margi Preus.

These events are free and open to the public and will take place at various participating ALS libraries and host locations from April 20 to May 9, 2026.

Join Minnesota author Margi Preus for an engaging presentation that inspires young writers from Pre-K to 8th grade, as well as adults. This free event will explore the stories behind stories, involve a group storytelling activity, and provide valuable writing tips. Margi will highlight that everyone is a storyteller with a unique tale to share. The program lasts fifty minutes and is suitable for all ages.

"We Are All Storytellers" is sponsored by Arrowhead Library System, was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF).

For more information about Arrowhead Legacy Events, visit their calendar at www.alslib.info or like their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/alslibinfo.

Windswept: Coming out in paperback, April 28, 2026

Margi Preus’s gripping middle-grade fantasy about a girl who must save the children of her world from being “windswept,” is coming out in paperback, April 28, 2026.

In Tag’s world, children are disappearing. “Youngers” who venture Outside are windswept—vanishing in the swirling snow—Tag’s sisters among them. Many have tried to find the lost children; all have failed. And since the Other Times, the Powers That Be seem intent on keeping it that way.
 
Little remains from those times: snippets of songs, heaps of plastic trash, and a few banned texts—including a book of fairy tales.
 
An unlikely crew of Youngers join forces—Boots, who can climb anything, Ant, who will eat anything, Ren, who will say anything, and Tag, who doesn’t appear to have any talent whatsoever. With their dubious skills, the fairy tales, a possibly magic ribbon, and an unwillingness to accept “that’s impossible,” they set off to rescue their windswept siblings in this spellbinding fantasy.
 
Includes a map and black-and-white illustrations by award-winning artist Armando Veve >

Kudos for Snowshoe Kate!

2026 CCBC Choices List

Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies is officially on the 2026 CCBC Choices List! CCBC Choices is a best-of-the-year list created annually by the librarians of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin — Madison. The CCBC recommends a wide range of books for children and teens from birth through high-school age. Books recommended in CCBC Choices are included in the searchable CCBC-Recommended Book Search database.

2027 Towner Award Nominee

Kate is also nominated for a 2027 Towner Award! The Towner Award is the Washington state award for nonfiction picture books written for 2nd-6th grade students. In the spring, all Washington State students in public and independent schools, from second through sixth grades, are invited to vote for their favorite book if they have listened to or read a minimum of two titles. (Note: Students are currently voting for their 2026 favorites.) You can see the complete list of past winners here.

Join Margi on Authors for Minnesota Day, Feb 28

Margi will be at Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul for Authors in Minnesota day! She will be giving away copies of Shadow on the Mountain, a true-life story of resistance in WWII Norway for those who donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota or the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Village of Scoundrels, also a true story of resistance in WWII France, and her newest title, Snowshoe Kate will be available for purchase.

Below is the full line-up of participating authors and bookstores. Visit as many as you can!