History & Literature Resources
Local Used Book Sales ::
VNSA - largest used book sale in Arizona (February)
Friends of the Phoenix Library (November)
History and Literature Books ::
Arizona Humanities offers a variety of local events with authors, etc.
National Poetry Month events with Arizona Humanities
24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling
A Cavalcade of History by Marshall Trimble
Alluring Arizona by William Hamilton Nelson
Amazing Girls of Arizona by Jan Cleere
Arizona by Barbara Somervill
Arizona Adventure by Pare and Fireman
Arizona's Story by Frank Love
Bird Springs by Carolyn Marsden
Books by Edward Abbey, a well-known naturalist (parents to pre-read)
Books by Zane Grey (parents to pre-read; a reproduction of his cabin is in Payson)
Books by Barbara Kingsolver (an author who used to live in Tucson)
Books by Gary Nabhan
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Canyons by Erik Hanson
Canyons by Gary Paulsen
Canyon Quest by Jim Ware
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
Danger in the Desert by T.S. Fields (a casual fun read for middle grades)
Double-Crossed at Cactus Flats by Rich Wallace (a choose your own adventure)
Flight of the Red Bandit by Geronimo Stilton
Going Wild by Lisa McMann
Grand Canyon National Park by Doreen Gonzales
Hide and Seek by Katy Grant
In Old Arizona by Marshall Trimble
Insignificant Events in the Life of the Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Jed Smith, Trailblazer Of The West by Frank Latham
The Last Lobo by Roland Smith
The Long Walk: The Forced Navajo Exile by Jennifer Denetdale
Miranda vs. Arizona by Larry VanMeter
Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach
Neil Flambe and the Duel in the Desert by Kevin Sylvester
One Unhappy Horse by C.S. Adler
Outlaw Tales of Arizona by Jan Cleere
Over the Edge by Gloria Skurzynski
Race to the Moonrise by Sally Crum
Red Rock Over the River by Patricia Beatty
The Shaman's Secret by Natasha Narayan
Soldier Sister, Fly Home by Nancy Bo Flood
The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide by Paul Mirocha and Eric Magrane
The Story of the Arizona Cardinals by Sara Gilbert
The Story of the Phoenix Suns by Steve Silverman
Summer of the Ancient by Jodi Steward
These Is My Words by Nancy Turner
The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hunter
The USS Arizona Story by Cynthia Henzel (the anchor is near the state capitol)
They Call Me A Hero: A Memoir of My Youth by Daniel Hernandez
Tragedy in Tucson by Aimee Houser (teens)
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
Weird Arizona by Wesley Treat and Mark Moran
Wyatt Earp by Adam Woog
Biographies of Influential Arizonans ::
Apache Kid
Barry Goldwater
Ceasar Chavez
Coronado (Riding with Coronado by Robert Meredith)
Geronimo
John McCain
Navajo Code Talkers (The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hunter)
Pat Tillman
Rex Allen
Sandra Day O'Connor (Chico and Lazy B, both by Sandra Day O'Connor)
History and Literature - Picture Books ::
The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell
When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor