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"The Nature of Florida" Books by Cathie Katz
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A Brief Bibliography of Florida History
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Summer Reading for Florida History lovers - People who made Florida history

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
Adventurers in Florida History	Woodward B. Skinner	312	Traces the history of Florida through chronologically arranged biographies of the individuals instrumental in shaping it.	History, Biography, Juvenile literature
The Early People of Florida	Eva Deutsch Costabel	34	Discusses the origins, way of life, and history of the early people who settled in Florida thousands of years before the arrival of the first Europeans.	Indians of North America: First contact with Antiquities History, Discovery and exploration Juvenile literature.
Florida Portrait	Jerrell Shofner	255		History. Pictorial works
Florida's Past, Volume One	Gene M. Burnett			History, Biography, Reference
Florida's Past, Volume Two	Gene M. Burnett			History, Biography, Reference
Florida's Past, Volume Three	Gene M. Burnett			History, Biography, Reference
Guide to Florida Historical Walking Tours	Roberta Sandler	269		History, Travel
Historical Traveler's Guide to Florida	Eliot Kleinberg	235		Travel, History
Visiting Small-Town Florida	Bruce Hunt	210		Travel, History
African Americans in Florida	Maxine D. Jones	189	Briefly describes the lives and contributions of more than fifty notable African-Americans in Florida, from 1528 to the present, in such fields as education, politics, journalism, sports, music, and religion.	Young Readers, African-American, History
Touched by the Sun	Stuart McIver	259		History
Florida History : Surprising secrets about our state's founding mothers, fathers & kids	Carole Marsh	36		History Juvenile literature.
The Florida Keys: a History of the pioneers	John Viele	154		History, Biography, Social life and customs.
200 Quick Looks at Florida History	James Clark	197		History
Florida Indians and the Invasion From Europe	Jerald T. Milanich
The New History of Florida	Michael Gannon
Florida's Heritage	Kathleen Montpelier

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
Florida's Fossils: Guide to location, identification, and enjoyment	Robin C. Brown	208		Archaeology/Paleontology, History, Reference
Exploring Wild Central Florida	Susan D. Jewell	314		Nature, Travel, Outdoors, Environment
Exploring Wild North Florida	Gil Nelson	243		Nature, Travel, Outdoors, Environment
Exploring Wild South Florida	Susan D. Jewell	338		Nature, Travel, Outdoors, Environment
Travel & Learn Florida	Sally Schofer Mathews	48		Travel Juvenile literature
Exploring Wild Northwest Florida	Gil Nelson	270		Outdoors, Nature, Environment, Travel
Florida Place Names	Allen Morris	160		Reference, Geography, maps

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
The Young Naturalist's Guide to Florida	Peggy Sias Lantz & Wendy A. Hale	183		Natural History
The Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida	Gil Nelson	391		Nature, Gardening, Reference
The Ferns of Florida	Gil Nelson	208		Nature, Gardening, Reference
Florida's Fabulous Natural Places	(Many books in this series) by Tim Orr	160		Natural history, Pictorial works. Natural areas

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
I Can Read About Thunder and Lightening	David Cutts
The Climate and Weather of Florida	James A. Henry	279		Nature, Environment, Outdoors, Science
Hurricane Tracking Chart

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
What Makes an Ocean Wave? Scholastic Q&A Series	Berger, Melvin	48	Provides information about various aspects of the world's oceans--waves, tides, the food chain, marine creatures, coastlines, and more.	Oceanography, Juvenile literature. Marine ecology
Janice VanCleave's Oceans for Every Kid	Janice VanCleave	245	Includes information on techniques and technologies of oceanography, the topology of the ocean floor, movement of the sea, properties of sea water, and life in the sea.	Oceanography Experiments Juvenile literature.
Fascinating Facts About the Seashore	Jane Walker	32		Seashore ecology Juvenile literature

Search Words:
Florida fiction juvenile
Florida fiction
Florida literature juvenile
Florida literature

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
Hurricane	Wiesner, David	32		Fiction: Hurricanes, Florida, Juvenile literature.
Beezy	McDonald, Megan	46	Beezy and her best friend Merlin, who live in Florida, wait out a hurricane, find a dog, and make friends with a circus performer.	Fiction: Friendship, Florida
Beezy at Bat	McDonald, Megan	47	Three stories in which Beezy cracks nuts and riddles, picks berries and plays ball.	Fiction: Friendship, Florida, Grandmothers
Beezy and Funnybone	McDonald, Megan	48	Presents three stories in which Beezy and her dog have adventures on the ground and in the air	Fiction, Florida, dogs
Dolphins at Grassy Key	Marcia Seligson	48	Discusses the work and residents of the privately owned Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida, and describes the characteristics of the friendly, intelligent mammal that is studied there.	Dolphin Research Center/training Juvenile literature.
The Yearling Study guide	Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings		Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1939, this novel of backwoods Florida and the tender relationship of a young boy and his tame fawn has become a classic work of American literature.
The Moon of the Alligators	George, Jean Craighead	48		Alligators Everglades Juvenile literature.
Sunken Treasure	Gail Gibbons	32		Treasure-trove Juvenile literature
The story of the Seminole	Gridley, Marion Eleanor	61	Discusses the history and customs of the Seminole Indians and their way of life in Florida today.	Seminole Indians Indians of North America. Juvenile literature.
Four Flags Over Florida	Harter, Walter L.	96		History. Juvenile literature.
The Barefoot Mailman	Theodore Pratt	215	The first vol. in the author's trilogy begun with The Barefoot Mailman and continued in The Flame Tree.
The Flame Tree	Theodore Pratt	219
The big bubble: a novel of the Florida boom	Theodore Pratt	230	The third vol. in the author's trilogy begun with The Barefoot Mailman and continued in The Flame Tree.
Tales of Old Florida	edited by Frank Oppel & Tony Meise	477	Reprints of periodical articles originally published 1870-1911.	1) History. 2) Description and travel. 3) Social life and customs.
Cracker History of Okeechobee; "custard apple, moonvine, catfish and moonshine	Lawrence E. Will	317	Florida history series.	Everglades Lake Okeechobee
Strawberry Girl	Lois Lenski		Set in the little-known backwoods region of Florida, it is Birdie Boyer's story; of how she and her fierce Cracker pride battled nature, animals, and feuding neighbors to become the best "stawberry girl" the backwoods ever knew." The time setting is about 1900. Newbery Medal winner
My Florida	Earnest Lyons		heartwarming excursion into a veritable paradise of Floridian adventure. In his charming way he has sketched his recollections of a Florida that not too many people know. ...the winding tropical river, heavy with the musky scent of palm blossoms, with water turkeys sunning themselves, striped-necked turtles plopping from logs, grey squirrels barking and the resounding rat-tat-tat of the pileated woodpecker.
The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo	Jean Craighead George	148
Go Fish
To Walk The Sky Path

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
Florida Fun Facts	Eliot Kleinberg	158		Reference, History, Puzzles
The Florida Survival Handbook	New Horizons Press of Sarasota	95		Economic conditions, Handbooks, manuals, etc., Environmental aspects, Social conditions, History.
Florida Facts and Symbols	Emily McAuliffe.	24	Presents information about the state of Florida, its nickname, motto, and emblems.	Emblems, Juvenile literature.
Florida Puzzle Book	Donna Lugg Pape			Puzzles, Reference
St. Augustine [videorecording]	Summer Productions	23 min	Tracy takes a tour of St. Augustine to learn about the oldest colonial settlement in America, founded by Spanish explorers in 1565. Grades 3-7.	Saint Augustine Florida History to 1821 Juvenile films.

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
Florida's Birds	Herbert W. Kale II	288		Nature, Reference
Drawing Florida Wildlife	Frank Lohan			Art, Nature, Young Readers
Florida's fabulous waterbirds : their stories	Winston Williams	64		Water birds Pictorial works Juvenile literature.
Fishing Lines	a publication of FL. Fish & Wildlife Commission
Dolphins a Step Into Reading Book	Sharon Bokoske	47	Introduces dolphins and their physical characteristics, behavior, social structure, intelligence, and interaction with humans.	Dolphins Juvenile literature.
Dell Encyclopedia of Tropical Fish	Julian, T. W.	187		Tropical fish Aquariums
The Kid's Wildlife Book	Warner Shedd	157		Zoology Study and teaching.Activity programs. Juvenile literature.
Over 300 Fun Facts for Curious Kids Animal Camouflage	Annabelle Donati
Wildlife of the Southeast	Spizzirri Publishing
Indian River Lagoon	Darla J. Fousek
The birds of Florida : a popular and scientific account of the 425 species..... (see description)	Harold H. Bailey	146	The birds of Florida : a popular and scientific account of the 425 species and subspecies of birds that are now, and that have been found within the state and its adjacent waters; with special reference to their relation to agriculture / by Harold H. Bailey ... illustrated with 76 full page four-color plates, - figuring over 480 birds, by Geo. M. Sutton; and with an outline map of the state showing areas; and a topographical drawing of a bird.
Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Game Wardens in the Glades"	James T. Huffstodt		some graphic stories. Pre-read sections first

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
Menendez : Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Captain General of the Ocean Sea	Albert Manucy.	107		1) Menendez de Aviles, Pedro, 1519-1574. 2) Explorers -- Biography. 3) Explorers -- Spain -- Biography. 4) Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763.
Hernando de Soto and the exploration of Florida	Gallagher, Jim	63	A biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory and who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.	Florida history to 1565 Juvenile literature. America -- Discovery and exploration
Henry Flagler: Builder of Florida	Sandra Wallus Sammons	64	railroads	Railroads Juvenile literature.
Henry Bradley Plant : The Nineteenth Century "King of Florida"	Canter Brown, Jr.	20	railroads	Railroads Juvenile literature.
Osceola	Gordon Langley Hall	140		Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838 Juvenile literature
Ponce de Leon	Wyatt Blassingam	96	A biography of the Spanish explorer which concentrates on his travels in the Caribbean, his discovery of Florida, and his lifelong quest for a fountain of youth.	Ponce de Leon, Juvenile literature.
Majory Stoneman Douglas
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Claude Pepper
John Gorrie
Julia Tuttle
James Waldon Johnson
William P. Duval
Panfilo de Narvaez
General Andrew Jackson
Florida Governors
Tuko-see Mathla (John Hicks)
Micanopy (Head Chief)
Neamathla
Billy Bowlegs
Jonathan Gibbs
Josiah Walls
Mary Bethune

Search Words:
Florida art
Florida folk music

Title	Author	#pg	Description	Subjects
Drawing Florida Wildlife	Frank Lohan			Art, Nature, Young Readers
Expressions of Everyday Life : Traditional Folk Arts in Florida	Deborah S. Fant.	40		1) Folk art 2) Ethnic arts 3) Decorative arts
Your Ear is Older Than Your Grandfather : Folklore and folk history for the Florida classroom	Loretta Van Winkle Rhoads.	105		1) Folklore: Study and teaching (Elementary) 2) Ethnology: Study and teaching (Elementary) 3) Folklore and children 4) History:Study and teaching (Elementary)
Remembering old friends a Florida folklife sampler (1978-87). [sound recording]	Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.			Folk music Florida
Art lover's guide to Florida	Anne E. F. Jeffrey, Aletta Dreller.	167		Art museums Art galleries, Commercial Art Florida Guidebooks
Art in Florida : 1564-1945	Maybelle Mann	191		1) Art, American
Sacred steel : traditional sacred African-American steel guitar music in Florida. [sound recording]	El Cerrito, CA : Arhoolie, p1997			1) Gospel music Florida. 2) Hawaiian guitar music. 3) Blues (Music) Florida 1941-1950. 1991-2000. 5) Folk music Florida.