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Carl Hiaasen

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Carl Hiaasen has written a total of 6 children’s books. All of them have done very well. They are called, Hoot, Scat, Chomp, Flush, Skink, and Squirm.

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2003 Bookseller's Choice -- Middle Readers (Winner)
2003 Newbery Medal -- Children's (Honor Book)
2003 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize -- Children's (Winner)
2003 SIBA Book Award -- Children's (Winner)
2004 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Grades 6-9 (Nominee)
2004 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)

2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 6-8 (Winner)

2004 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award -- Grades 4-8 (Winner)
2005 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Junior/Grades 4-6 (Third Place)
2006 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 6-8 (Winner)
2007 Golden Archer Award -- Middle/Junior High (Winner)

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He grew up in Florida, and lived near marshes. Most of his books take place in the state of Florida, and some of them, near marshes.

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Carl Hiaasen has been in Florida ever since he was born, and grew up there. He and his family still live there today

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He mainly got inspired from reading when he was a kid and from when he got a type writer when he was 6 years old. He gets ideas from his reading all the time. He writes all day until he gets tired. He has a daily routine for writing his books

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About all of his children’s books have to do with animals, and mainly saving them from danger. Flush is about helping the fish so they din’t die. Scat is about Florida Jaguars that are going endangered.

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His book have been published in 34 languages. He started off his writing career with his weekly newspaper company called “The Miami Herald”. One of his books is actually banned in Texas prisons. Carl’s first solo novel was made in 1986. His book Hoot, was made into a movie in 2006.