Books, gifts, greeting cards, postcards, and crafts -- all with a local flavor -- are available in CVM's Museum Store. The store is open during regular museum hours. Books and cards produced by CVM press are also available by mail.

If you'd really like a book from the list below, and you can't get to the museum -- or would like more info about the books we carry -- you can call the museum at (715) 834-7871, or email Dorie Boetcher at dorie@cvmuseum.com

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From Wisconsin ... More than a Cookbook, Laurie and Debra Gluesing, $12.95 Favorite recipes of Wisconsin, from everyday to gourmet.

That Day At Greasy Grass John D. Beck, $18.95 This book is not an attempt to shed new light on the Battle of the Little Big Horn, but instead tries to introduce those not familiar with the battle to to the sequence of events surrounding it. It will interest adult and young readers alike. John D. Beck worked for the Eau Claire Public School District for 28 years. His interest in the battle, and in drawing, led him to writing and illustrating of this book.

Aprons of the mid-20th century: To Serve and Protect. Judy Florence, Schiffer Pub., $29.95 Over 200 aprons are featured in this beautiful book, accompanied by detailed photos that highlight design elements, stitching and embellishments. Separate sections are devoted to ginghams, floral designs, rickrack, plaids and stripes, polka dots, and handkerchief designs. Readers will delight in the charming section on children's aprons. Judy Florence lives in Eau Claire.

Individual books go in and out of stock. Even if we're out, we can order any book on this list. Call or email for current selections.

Tour and Travel Books

Sacred Sites of Wisconsin. John and Teresa Paprock, Trails Books, $18.95 For the traveler seeking to find the spirit, this guide to sacred places provides a unique point of departure. Profiling over 400 sites around Wisconsin that are noted places of worship and pilgrimage, the book includes churches, temples, synagogues, cemeteries, eff1gy mounds, and more.

Haunted Wisconsin, Michael Norman and Beth Scott, Trails Books, $16.95 Containing more than 70 true tales throughout Wisconsin, this is a newly revised edition of an all-time . favorite collection of stories. Featuring an assortment of ghosts, apparitions and other supernatural occurrences, Wisconsin could easily be called the most haunted state in America. Most of the tales remain unexplained.

Barns of Wisconsin. Jerry Apps, Trails Books, $18.95 In this revised edition of an award-winning work, author Jerry Apps provides an informative and moving account of Wisconsin's most hard-working structures -- its barns. Featured are pencil sketches and stunning watercolors of Allen Strang.

Classic Wisconsin Weekends Mike Bie, Trails Media, $18.95 In this guide to authentic Wisconsin weekends, you’ll find more than twenty-five weekend or day activities throughout the state. Featured are tips on lodging, dining, nightlife and day activities. Enjoy Packer weekends in Green Bay, Monroe’s Cheese Days and Horicon’s fall migration.

Great Little Museums of the Midwest Christina des Garennes Trails Media, $18.95 Featuring more than seventy museums, this is the quintessential guide to quirky, offbeat museums throughout the Midwest. Included are museums in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. From the mustard museum in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, to the John Wayne Museum in Winterset, Iowa, and the Cookie Jar Museum in Lemont, Illinois, this guide is sure to amuse.

In Lincoln’s Footsteps, Don Davenport Prairie Oak Press, $18.95 If you admire Abraham Lincoln, then retrace his footsteps through Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. This unique guidebook will take you on a historic journey into Lincoln’s past. Visit places where Lincoln lived and worked, laughed and loved, and wept. Profiling over twenty sites, this is an ideal guide for a weekend getaway or day trip to the lands of Lincoln.

Great Cross-Country Ski Trails, Chad McGrath, Trails Books, $19.95 This extensive guidebook features 61 ski trails in the Lake Superior Basin, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Ontario. Eau tour includes a map, contact information, and a description of the trail. A great guide for both the novice and the experienced skier.

Cookbooks

Bountiful Wisconsin, Terese Allen, $14.95 Collection of recipes celebrating Wisconsin’s food traditions.

The Soup Cookbook, Dr. Duane R. Lund, $9.95 One hundred fifty soup, stew, and chili recipes and tips from the Midwest.

Farm Recipes and Food Secrets from the Norske Nook, Helen Myhre, $21.95 Home-cooking recipes and tips from the Midwest.

The Seasonal Cabin Cookbook, Teresa Marrone, $16.95 Organized by season, this cookbook helps you enjoy foods that are perfect for a cabin setting.

Stories and Recipes from the Great Depression, Rita Van Amber, $12.95 More than just a cookbook, this series also shares stories of the 1930s. Four volumes are available.

Other Non-Fiction

Papa’s Legacy: The Growing of Grandchildren, Joan Fleming, Beaver Pond Press, $14.95
This is a book for grandparents of any age: those who have just learned about an upcoming birth and those that are old hats at the art of being a grandparent. This is a book for grandparents with spirit — and those who want to revive theirs. It’s for men and women who feel the vital and emotional connection with their children and grandchildren and want to make the most of those important relationships by finding ways to bring fun and adventure to their times together. Joan Fleming, a resident of Eau Claire, is a seminar leader and author as well as a grandmother of nine.

They Just Grew Up, Marv Lansing, $18.00 While this book was originally written for Lansing’s family, the book offers a compelling portrait of the 20th century. A long-time superintendant of the Eau Claire school district, Lansing was a founder of the Chippewa Valley Museum and served as an officer or board member for twenty years.

Population: 485 , Michael Perry, $25.00 "After a twelve-year absence, a real-life prodigal son returns to his hometown -- New Auburn, Wisconsin, population: 485 -- and joins the volunteer fire and rescue department.  In a place where men post claims of manhood on their truck bumpers, where the local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, and where the most senior firefighter is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work at the only gas station in town), writer Michael Perry sets out "to meet my neighbors at the invitation of the fire siren."  The emergencies are real, the setting are surreal, and with each foray into the boondocks, we piece together the history of a people and a place.  By turns fiery and funny, violent and gentle, Population:485 is the true account of a search for rootedness in a place from the past. For more about Michael Perry, go to www.sneezingcow.com (Opens in a new window. Close that window to return here.)