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Books for Young People

Note: some of these books are out of print, but may be still available from libraries, amazon.com, or ebay.com.

Non-Fiction

  • Arnold, Katya and Swope, Sam. Katya's Book of Mushrooms. Henry Holt and Co., Inc., New York, NY, 1997
  • Arora, David and Bowers, Jeannette, Mushrooms of the World Coloring Book. Dover Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1984
  • Conklin, Gladys, Fairy Rings and Other Mushrooms. Holiday House, New York, NY, 1983
  • Delafosse, Claude, and Heliadore, Le champignon, (in French). Editions Gallimard Jeunesse, Paris, France, 1995
  • Heller, Ruth, Plants that Never Bloom. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, 1984
  • Johnson, Sylvia, Mushrooms. Lerner Publishing Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 1982
  • Kaveler, Lucy, The Wonders of Fungi. John Day Co., New York, NY, 1964
  • Kendrick, Bryce, A Young Person's Guide to the Fungi. Mycologue Publications, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1986
  • Perry, Phyllis, J., Let's Learn About Mushrooms. Harvey House, New York, NY, 1974
  • Selsam, Millicent, Mushrooms. William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1986
  • Tesar, Jenny, Fungi. Our Living World Series, Blackbirch Press, Inc. Woodbridge, CT, 1994
  • Watts, Barrie, Mushroom. Silver Burdett Co., 1986
  • Webster, Vera R., Plant Experiments. Childrens Press, Chicago, 1982
  • Allen, Berg, Dusheck,Taylor, Microorganisms, Fungi, and Plants. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York,NY, 2002 (Three textbooks: Annotated Teacher's Edition, Teaching Resources, and Assessment Item Listing)
  • Assinder, Sue, Rutter, Gordon, How the Mushroom Got its Spots, An Explainers' Guide to Fungi. British Mycological Society Education Group, Royal Botanic gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE UK and The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Polaris House,Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1UH UK, 2002

Fiction

  • Barklem, Jill, Autumn Story. Philomel Books, Putnam Publishing Group, New York, NY, 1980
  • Bodecker, N.M., The Mushroom Center Disaster. 1974
  • Cameron, Eleanor, Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet. Little Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1956
  • Cameron, Eleanor, Mr. Bass's Planetoid. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA
  • Cameron, Eleanor, A Mystery for Mr. Bass. Little, Brown and Company,Boston, MA
  • Cameron, Eleanor, Time and Mr. Bass. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA
  • Cameron, Eleanor, The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet. Little Brown and Co., Boston, MA, 1988
  • Dorros, Arthur, The Fungus That Ate My School. Scholastic Press, New York,NY, 2000
  • Ginsburg, Mirra, Mushrooms in the Rain. Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1974
  • Krahn, Fernando, Sebastian and the Mushroom. Delacorte Press, 1976
  • Monsell, Mary Elise, Crackle Creek. Atheneum, New York, NY, 1990
  • Moore, Inga, The Truffle Hunter. Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Brooklyn, NY, 1987
  • Romanova, Natalia, Once There Was a Tree. Dial Books, New York, NY, 1985
  • Seymour, Miranda, Casper and the Secret Kingdom. Silver Burdett Co., 1987
  • Hadley, Maggie, Fungus Fred Goes Foraying. British Mycological Society, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE UK, 2002
  • Beskow, Elsa, Children of the Forest. Floris Books, 15 Harrison Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005
  • Aesop Fable, Tharlet, Eve, The Grasshopper and the Ants. Silver Burdett Co., Morristown, NJ, 1985
  • Helquist, Brett, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events). Book 11) by Lemony Snicket, Harper Collins, New York, 2004

Compiled by Sandy Sheine