C.S. (Carole Schwerdtfeger) Adler (born February 23, 1932) is an American children's book author. She has been a full-time writer since the publication of her first book, The Magic of the Glits, in 1979. That book won both the William Allen White Award and the Golden Kite Award. She has since published 43 more books for young readers. Many of her books have been on state lists and have also been published in Japan, Germany, England, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and France. Adler moved to Tucson, Arizona, after spending most of her life in upstate New York, where before publishing she was a middle school English teacher in the Niskayuna school district, for nearly a decade.
Bibliography
- The Magic of the Glits (1979)
- The Silver Coach (1979)
- In Our House Scott Is My Brother (1980)
- Shelter on Blue Barns Road (1981)
- Down by the River (1981)
- The Cat That Was Left Behind (1981)
- The Once in a While Hero (1982)
- Some Other Summer (1982)
- The Evidence That Wasn't There (1982)
- Footsteps On the Stairs (1982)
- Get Lost, Little Brother (1983)
- The Shell Lady's Daughter (1983) (A.L.A. best young adult book)
- Roadside Valentine (1983)
- Fly Free (1984)
- Shadows on Little Reef Bay (1984)
- With Westie and the Tin Man (1985) (Children’s Book Award of the Child Study Committee)
- Binding Ties (1985)
- Split Sisters (1986) (I.R.A. Children’s Choices selection)
- Kiss the Clown (1986)
- Good-Bye Pink Pig (1986)
- Carly's Buck (1987)
- Always and Forever Friends (1988) (I.R.A. 99 Favorite Paperbacks list)
- Eddie's Blue-Winged Dragon (1988) (I.R.A. 99 Favorite Paperbacks list)
- If You Need Me (1988)
- One Sister Too Many (1989)
- The Lump in the Middle (1989)
- Help, Pink Pig (1990)
- Ghost Brother (1990) (I.R.A. Children’s Choices selection)
- Mismatched Summer (1991)
- Tribe for Lexi (1991)
- Tuna Fish Thanksgiving (1992)
- Daddy's Climbing Tree (1993)
- Willie, the Frog Prince (1994)
- That Horse Whiskey! (1994)
- Youn Hee And Me (1995)
- Courtyard Cat (1995)
- More Than a Horse (1997)
- Her Blue Straw Hat (1997)
- Winning (1999)
- Not Just a Summer Crush (2001)
- One Unhappy Horse (2001)
- What's to Be Scared Of, Suki? (2001)
- The No Place Cat (2002)
- Saving Dove: One Unhappy Horse (2003)
