Preus revisits historical Japanese-American relations in a tale that catapults Yoshi, a young servant who longs to wield the sword of a samurai, into a clash of alien powers.

On Wednesday, October 21, at 7 p.m., at the Bettendorf Public Library, New York Times bestselling children’s book author and playwright Margi Preus will highlight her Norwegian heritage and her ...

Heart of a Samurai – Margi Preus This 2010 Newberry Medal winner is a thoroughly enjoyable historic adventure of a 19th century Japanese boy lost at sea, picked up by whalers who went on to live in ...

On Thursday, April 11, celebrated children’s book author Margi Preus visited Swanville Elementary School to give a talk about her writing process and inspirations. The Duluth resident spoke to the ...

Margi Preus, a Newbery Honor-winning and New York Times Bestseller author, will visit the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library on Saturday to present her program "Spies, Sleuths, Samurai, and Scoundrels." ...

Preus, who lives in Duluth, is the bestselling author of the Newbery Honor book “Heart of a Samurai” and other books for young readers, including “West of the Moon” and the Enchanted Lake ...

Preus, bestselling author of the Newbery Honor Book “Heart of a Samurai,” and her husband once had a little sailboat like Lily.

Duluth writer Margi Preus has made a name for herself by turning history into award-winning novels for kids.

Duluth author Margi Preus’ story of an adventuresome, witty and sometimes too squirrel-y squirrel gets a favorable nod in this weekend’s New York Times Book Review .

In Margi Preus’s middle-grade novel “The Littlest Voyageur,” a pesky red squirrel spars with eight men named Jean on a river journey in 18th-century French Canada.