Florence Parry Heide | Author

About the Author

Florence Parry Heide was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 27, 1919. She studied at Wilson College before transferring to the University of California at Los Angeles, where she received a B.A. in English. She worked in advertising and public relations in New York City before returning to show more Pittsburgh during World War II. She moved to Wisconsin with her husband after the war and started writing books at the age of 48. She wrote or co-wrote over 100 children's books including the Treehorn series, Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl who Floated, and The One and Only Marigold. She also wrote under the pseudonyms Alex B. Allen and Jamie McDonald. Heide received numerous awards and honors including having The Shrinking of Treehorn named by the New York Times as the Best Illustrated Children's Book of 1971 and winning the Jugendbuchpreis for the Best Children's Book of Germany in 1977; The Day of Ahmed's Secret received the Editors' Choice Award from Booklist in 1991, and Sami and the Time of the Troubles received the Editors' Choice Award from Booklist in 1992. She died on October 24, 2011 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Florence Parry Heide

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The Day of Ahmed's Secret (1995) 1,115 copies

Some Things Are Scary (No Matter How Old You Are) (2000) 538 copies

The Shrinking of Treehorn (1971) 372 copies

Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) (2009) 329 copies

Sami and the Time of the Troubles (1992) 303 copies

That's What Friends Are For (1971) 226 copies

The Treehorn Trilogy: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn's Treasure, and Treehorn's Wish (1971) 167 copies

The House of Wisdom (1999) 104 copies

Treehorn's Treasure (1981) 91 copies

Tales for the Perfect Child (1866) 81 copies

Banana Twist (1978) 70 copies

The One and Only Marigold (2009) 66 copies

Giants Are Very Brave People (1970) 60 copies

Dillweed's Revenge: A Deadly Dose of Magic (2010) 51 copies

Benjamin Budge and Barnaby Ball (1967) 50 copies

Treehorn's Wish (1986) 49 copies

Fables You Shouldn't Pay any Attention to (1978) 47 copies

God and me (1975) 45 copies

Always Listen to Your Mother (2010) 43 copies

Oh, Grow Up!: Poems to Help You Survive Parents, Chores, School, and Other Afflictions (1996) 42 copies

How to Be a Hero (2016) 42 copies

Banana Blitz (1983) 38 copies

Grim and Ghastly Goings-On (1992) 37 copies

The Problem With Pulcifer (1982) 36 copies

A Promise Is a Promise (1766) 33 copies

You and Me (1975) 30 copies

Tio Armando (1656) 30 copies

Mystery of the Midnight Message (1977) 27 copies

Time Flies! (1984) 27 copies

The Adventures of Treehorn (1981) 25 copies

Mystery of the Missing Suitcase (1972) 24 copies

Mystery of the Forgotten Island (1980) 23 copies

Mystery at Keyhole Carnival (1977) 23 copies

Raising Readers: A Collection of Stories from Maine (2005) — Contributor — 22 copies

Growing Anyway Up (1975) 22 copies

Mystery of the Bewitched Bookmobile (1975) 17 copies

The Bigness Contest (1994) 16 copies

Who taught me? Was it you, God? (1978) 15 copies

It's About Time! (1901) 14 copies

Mystery of the Vanishing Visitor (1975) 14 copies

Hats and Bears (1974) 14 copies

Changes (1978) 13 copies

The Hidden Box Mystery (1973) 13 copies

Time's Up! (1982) 13 copies

Sound of Sunshine, Sound of Rain. (1970) 12 copies

Wendy Puzzle, The (1982) 12 copies

Timothy Twinge (1993) 12 copies

When the Sad One Comes to Stay (1975) 12 copies

Mystery of the Mummy's Mask (Spotlight Club Mystery) (1979) 12 copies

Who Needs Me? (1971) 12 copies

Who Can? (1975) 12 copies

Mystery at Southport Cinema (1978) 11 copies

Secret dreamer, secret dreams (1978) 11 copies

Mystery of the Melting Snowman (1974) 11 copies

Brillstone Break-in (1977) 11 copies

Mystery of the Whispering Voice (1974) 11 copies

The Body in the Brillstone Garage (1980) 11 copies

Black Magic at Brillstone (1900) 10 copies

Mystery at Macadoo Zoo (1973) 10 copies

Mystery of the Lonely Lantern (1976) 10 copies

How big am I? (1970) 8 copies

The Little One (1970) 8 copies

A Monster Is Coming! a Monster Is Coming! (An Easy-Read Story Book) (1980) 8 copies

The Mystery Of The Silver Tag (1972) — Author — 8 copies

Fear at Brillstone (1978) 7 copies

Time Bomb at Brillstone (1982) 7 copies

No roads for the wind (Series r, the new Macmillan reading program) (1975) 7 copies

The New Neighbor (1970) 6 copies

The key (1971) 6 copies

Alphabet Zoop (1970) 6 copies

Mystery on Danger Road (1983) 6 copies

It Never Is Dark (1968) 6 copies

Face at the Brillstone Window (1979) 5 copies

Spotlight Club: Mystery at Blue Ridge Cemetery (Spotlight Club Mysteries) (2013) 5 copies

My Castle (1972) 4 copies

Lost and Found (1975) 4 copies

A SURPRISE FOR SANTA (1967) 3 copies

Tell about someone you love (Series r, the new Macmillan reading program) (1975) 3 copies

I love every-people (The Concept series ; 2) (1978) 3 copies

By the time you count to 10 (1979) 2 copies

Maximilian Becomes Famous (1969) 2 copies

Adventureman : the astonishing true story (2017) 2 copies

Sebastian 2 copies

The Day It Snowed in Summer (1968) 2 copies

Maximilian 2 copies

Look! Look! A story book (1971) 2 copies

Alice Gets a New Look (1964) 1 copy

Quando Teodoro Encolheu 1 copy

Tristan Se Achica (piata) (2013) 1 copy

Il tesoro di Tricorno (Le avventure di Tricorno Vol. 2) (Italian Edition) 1 copy

Book 9788830105478 (2021) 1 copy

Schorschis Wunsch 1 copy

Goldilocks and the three bears 1 copy

Schorschi 1 copy

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Associated Works

Never Take a Pig to Lunch and Other Poems About the Fun of Eating (1994) — Contributor — 297 copies

Monster Poems (1976) — Contributor — 24 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Heide, Florence Parry
Birthdate: 1919-02-27
Date of death: 2011-10-23
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Occupations: children's book author
Relationships: Gilliland, Judith Heide (daughter)

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Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl… by Florence Parry Heide

Lane Smith is one of my favorite illustrators. His work is so fun, and really shines alongside Heide's silly, witty text. Recommended for princesses, kite fliers, and anyone with uncommon abilities.

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LibrarianDest | 16 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |

How to Be a Hero by Florence Parry Heide

hilarious and ironic.

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JMigotsky | 4 other reviews | Jan 27, 2023 |

Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl… by Florence Parry Heide

Beautiful and whimsical

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fernandie | 16 other reviews | Sep 15, 2022 |

Some Things Are Scary by Florence Parry Heide

this book is a picture book that uses humor to help children relate to the fears being depicted by the illustrations, and view them in a more humorous manner. I think this a good book to use with children to help them accept their fears, because it is ok to be scared, and also to help them to cope with fear by viewing their fears from a funny perspective.

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fmatiella1 | 34 other reviews | Feb 26, 2022 |

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