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Long Island for Kids: Suffolk Counties' Treasures

This guide will inform kids about the history of our very own Long Island!

Books - Famous People Born or Raised in Suffolk County

Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780439357913

Publication Date: 2004-10-01

Walt Whitman - Poet - (1819-1892)
Mariah Carey by Kerrily Sapet
ISBN: 9781422216132

Publication Date: 2010-09-01

Mariah Carey - Singer
Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford; Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780805079944

Publication Date: 2008-04-01

John Coltrane - Musician - (1926 - 1967)
Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg; Sandra Jordan; Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780312367510

Publication Date: 2007-04-17

Jackson Pollack - Artist - (1912 - 1956)

Making Wine on Long Island

Long Island Farms

Books - Resources of Long Island

Suffolk County Research Sites