This is an essential, fun, and user-friendly guide to planning family adventures in the Great Lakes State.Written for the busy parent and families on the go, "Michigan Family Field Trips" features the best Michigan places for children, in a format that's small enough to stow in a purse or the car.Author Ellyce Field explores sixty-five sites and includes restaurant suggestions for family-run establishments wherever possible, many of them with kids' menus.This book is divided into four color-coded sections: southeastern Michigan, mid-Michigan, western Michigan, and northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. It also includes important information about each site such as address, telephone number, website address, hours, admission fee, parking, and age appropriateness.It features such popular and lesser-know sites as: Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum; Cranbrook Institute of Science; Detroit Puppet Theater; Ford Rouge Factory Tour; Lionel Trains; Potter Park Zoo; Curious Kids Museum; Windmill Island; Hartwick Pines State Park; and, Soo Locks Boat Tour.