Author

Michael Jr.

Children's Picture Books

Children's Picture BooksAdventureEarly Readers

About Michael Jr.

Michael Jr. is a children's author whose Little Mike series has become a quiet staple for early readers aged 4-8. The series follows the adventures of a curious, kind, and resourceful protagonist who encounters the kinds of challenges that feel enormous to a child but are surmountable with imagination and courage — building a robot, learning to fly, having fun at the beach. Each book is short enough to read in a single bedtime sitting but textured enough to reward the repeated reading that young children naturally gravitate toward. The writing has a quality rare in children's fiction: it respects the reader's intelligence without patronizing them. Michael Jr.'s work sits comfortably alongside the best of early literacy fiction — books that make children feel that reading is worth the effort because the stories inside are worth the wait. Find the full series at littlemikebooks.com or follow @LittleMikeReads on social media.

Books by Michael Jr.

Little Mike: Fun at the Beach

Michael Jr.'s youngest readers join the Little Mike character for a beach adventure full of discovery, friendship, and seaside fun.

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Little Mike: Learns to Fly

An adventure story about a boy who dreams of flying — and the creative problem-solving that gets him closer to the sky.

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Little Mike: Builds a Robot

When curiosity meets engineering, anything is possible. Little Mike builds a robot — and discovers something unexpected about himself in the process.

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