Florida

Florida Children's Literature

*personal favorites

child reading

Amato, Carol A. Chessie, the Meandering Manatee. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1997.

Ball, Zachary. Joe Panther. NY: Holiday, 1950.

_____Wilderness Teacher. NY: Rand McNally, 1956.

Black, J.R. One Slimy Summer. NY: Random House, 1994. (SF)

Brink, Carol Ryrie. The Pink Motel. NY: Aladdin, 1993. (M)

Brooks, Walter. Freddy Goes to Florida. NY: Knopf, 1949.

Carlson, Nancy L. A Visit to Grandma's. NY: Viking, 1991.

Cavanagh, Helen. Panther Glade. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

Cavanna, Betty. The Surfer and the City Girl,. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1981.

Cleaver, Vera. The Kissimmee Kid. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1981.

*Congdon, Kristin G. Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales. Illus. Kitty Kitson
     Petterson. UP of Mississippi, 2001.

Curtin, Margaretta. Cubanitos in a New Land: Cuban Children of Miami. Hialeah: Mazon Press, 1975.

Ferris, Jean, All That Glitters. NY: FSG, 1996.

Griffith, Helen. V. Foxy. NY: Greenwillow Books, 1984.

Harvey, Dean. The Secret Elephant of Harlan Kooter. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

*Hiassen, Carl. Flush. NY: Knopf, 2005

_____Hoot. NY: Knopf, 2002.

Holmes, Mary Z. Dear Dad. Austin: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1992.

Hooker, Ruth. The Pelican Mystery. Chicago: A. Whitman, 1977.

*Horn, Gabriel (White Deer of Autumn). Ceremony--In the Circle of Life. Hillsboro,OR: Beyond Words Publishing, 199?.

*Jumper, Betty Mae with Peter Gallagher. Legends of the Seminoles. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1994.

Kennedy, Barbara. The Boy Who Loved Alligators. New York: Maxwell Macmillan,

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur. My Family Vacation. NY: C.N. Potter/Crown, 1988.

Konigsburg, E.L. T-backs, T-shirts, Coat and Suit. NY: Atheneum, 1993.

Kudlinski, Kathleen V. Night Bird: A Story of the Seminole Indians. NY: Viking, 1993.

Lasky, Kathryn. Shadows in the Water. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.

*Lenski, Lois. Strawberry Girl. Newbery Award. 1945.

McDonald, Megan. Beezy. NY: Orchard Books, 1997.

Mikaelsen, Ben. Stranded. NY: Hyperion, 1995.

*Mink, Charles. Princess of the Everglades. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1991.

Moore, Mystery at the Spanish Castle. Scottsdale, Pa: Herald Press, 1990.

Nolan, Peggy, The Spy Who Came in from the Sea. Sarasota: Pineapple, 199?.

O'Dell, Scott. Alexandra. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. (Greek)

Ney, John. Ox and the Primetime Kid. Englewood: Pineapple, 1985.

Peck, Robert Newman. Soup. NY: Knopf, 1974.

_____Dukes. Englewood: Pineapple, 1985.

_____Spanish Hoof. NY: Knopf, 1985.

_____Hallapoosa. NY: Walker, 1988.

_____Arly. NY: Walker, 1989.

_____The Horse Hunters. NY: Random, 1988.

Perera, Hilda. Kiki: A Cuban Boy's Adventures in America. Coconut Grove: Pickering, 1992.

Prather, Ray. Anthony and Sabrina. NY: Macmillan, 1973.

*Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. The Yearling. 1938.

Sadler, Marilyn. Elizabeth, Larry and Ed. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

*Schrecengost, Maity. Panther Girl.  Gainesville: Maupin House, 1999.

*____ Tasso of Tarpon Springs. Gainesville: Maupin House, 1998.

Snyder, Carol. The Great Condominium Rebellion. NY: Delacorte, 1981.

Stark, Jack. The Sponge Pirate and Other Stories. Miami: E.A. Seeman, 1972.

Stevenson, James. The Worst Goes South. NY: Greenwillow, 1995.

Stolz, Mary. Land's End. NY: Harper & Row, 1973.

Stealing Home. NY: HarperCollins, 1992.

Coco Grimes. NY: HarperCollins, 1994.

Stone, Bruce. Half Nelson, Full Nelson. NY: Harper & Row, 1985.

Sutton, Larry. Traildraggers High. NY: Farrar Strauss, Giroux, 1985.

Waldron, Ann. The Luckie Star. NY: Dutton, 1977.

Wier, Ester. The Winners. NY: D. McKay, 1968

Wilder, Robert, God Has a Long Face. NY: Putnam, 1940.

White, Rob. Lion's Paw.

Wilkerson, J.L. Sad Face Clown: Emmett Kelly, Kansas City, MO: Acorn, 2003

Williams, Carol Lynch. Kelly and Me. NY: Delacort, 1993.

_____Adeline Street. NY: Delacort, 1995.

 

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