Step Up!

John, Wayne, and Duke are BelgianDraft horses that work together to draw a wagon on Mackinac Island, Michigan.They are always hitched in the same order. The horses are so used tobeing together, they walk around in the same order even when theyire notworking: John on the left, Wayne in the middle, and Duke on the right. One day anew stable boy teams them up differently, and things go haywire in this funpicture book for young readers.A visit to Mackinac Island is likestepping into the Victorian era, when the island was a popular vacationdestination. Still a popular destination with todayis tourists, automobiles arenot allowed on the island, so all transportation is by bicycle, foot, or thepopular horse-drawn buggy.Today, the state park at MackinacIsland is, according to National Geographic magazine, one of the ten beststate parks in the country. The buggy rides with horses like John, Wayne, andDuke remain popular and are the basis for this story.About the AuthorCathe Hahn is the owner of asail-making company in Harbor Springs, Michigan. She was inspired to write thisstory after she took her two little girls on a carriage ride around the island.She is a native of Michigan and this is her first book.About the IllustratorBob Artley has worked as anillustrator for over fifty years. He began his career as an editorial cartoonistwith the Des Moines Tribune and then with the Worthington (Minn.)Daily Globe . Artley has written and illustrated more than ten books,including Once Upon A Farm, Christmas on the Farm, and Living with Pigs (pb).He also illustrated Oklahoma Book Award-winner Gradyis in the Silo, by Una Belle Townsend.Hahn, Cathe is the author of 'Step Up!', published 2005 under ISBN 9781589802148 and ISBN 1589802144.