Diane Stanley, Author . HarperCollins $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-688-17546-7
Stanley reveals yet another dimension of her talents in her second novel (after A Time Apart), here serving up a witty story that manages to be both light and satisfying. Fifth-grade narrator Franny Sharp, having just entered yet another new school,
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Diane Stanley, Author Hyperion Books $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0256-2
Author and illustrator of numerous acclaimed picture-book biographies (Cleopatra; The Bard of Avon), Stanley turns her talents to preserving a more personal history, the experiences of a friend of her grandmother's. The sheltered daughter of a...
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Diane Stanley, Author Morrow Junior Books $12.95 (30p) ISBN 978-0-688-07210-0
Stanley displays her versatility and talent in yet another artful and meticulously executed book. The story of Omar, a poor Persian farmer, the book contains a series of full-page intricately rendered paintings filled with geometric patterns and...
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Diane Stanley, Author William Morrow & Company $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-06226-2
Captain Whiz-Bang is not only the story of Annie's champion cat but also a wise and loving introduction to the inevitable changes that come with the passage of time. As ""winter turns to spring,'' we see Annie and Whiz-Bang growing up...
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Diane Stanley, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-688-16997-8
In her first novel, consummate picture-book biographer Stanley (Joan of Arc) proves she is virtually as adept at creating fictional characters as she is at chronicling the lives of real people. Her premise here sounds complicated and even contrived;
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Diane Stanley, Author HarperCollins Publishers $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-14329-9
Stanley (Leonardo da Vinci) orchestrates the complexities of history into a gripping, unusually challenging story in this exemplary biography. As much a portrait of an age as of a person, her work here carefully and accessibly establishes the...
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Diane Stanley, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-055491-5
Stanley's retelling of this classic Italian folktale, which predates the Brothers Grimm version, comes to life with stylish paintings. Ages 4-8. (Dec.)
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Diane Stanley, Author Dial Books $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1468-7
Stanley bases this riveting tale on Daniel Hall's own account of the four-year journey that took him from his hometown of New Bedford, Mass., to the wilds of Siberia. In 1856, just days before his 15th birthday, Daniel fulfilled a lifelong dream and
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Diane Stanley, Author Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1712-1
As the expression goes, ``Everything old is new again,'' and two publishers are taking that adage literally for a pair of May releases. In the case of James and the Rain, British artist Reg Cartwright (Mr. Potter's Pigeon) adds whimsically...
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Diane Stanley. Harper, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-157543-3
A versatile and inventive raconteur, Stanley (Bella at Midnight) nimbly weaves intrigue and fantasy into this richly layered story set in medieval times. Sent to work as a scullery maid at the castle, high-spirited Molly bids farewell to her mother,
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Diane Stanley. Harper, $16.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-224897-8
On the day of Prince Alexos’s birth, the gods decree that he is destined for greatness, catalyzing a life of hardship as the prince attempts to fulfill this prophecy. An outsider among his peers, afflicted with an illness that damages his legs, 12-ye
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Diane Stanley, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-786780-0
An amazing accomplishment, Stanley's new book excels her admired Conversation Club, Birdsong Lullaby et al., in idea and execution. Dear friends Cleo and Lucy, country cats, grow apart when a hoity-toity summer visitor moves into Butternut mansion....
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Diane Stanley, Author HarperCollins $5.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-380-73327-9
Fifth-grader Franny sees a connection between a sudden fad and writer I.M. Fine's latest Chillers book. ""Superior entertainment, this work should engage both ambitious readers and diehard fans of the genre it satirizes,"" said PW in a...
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Diane Stanley, Author HarperCollins Publishers $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-15085-3
There is no one like Stanley (Leonardo da Vinci; Joan of Arc) for picture-book biography--she brings to the genre an uncanny ability to clarify and compress dense and tricky historical matter, scrupulous attention to visual and verbal nuances, and a
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Diane Stanley, Harper, $15.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-123905-2
Against a backdrop of war by terrorism, with suicide bombers successfully destroying refineries and wreaking havoc with the U.S. power grid, the Brightman family battles the forces of prejudice, fear, and hate in Sante Fe in the not-too-distant...
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Diane Stanley, Author . Harper-Trophy $6.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-052113-4
In a panoramic telling of Michelangelo's life story, the author "brings to bear an uncanny ability to clarify and compress dense and tricky historical matter, scrupulous attention to visual and verbal nuances, and a self-fulfilling faith...
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Diane Stanley, Author . HarperCollins $16.99 (258p) ISBN 978-0-06-085817-9
Reassembling the cast of The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine
, Stanley delivers another humorous and thoroughly enjoyable mystery, this time set at a too-good-to-be-true school. When Franny Sharp’s younger sister, Zoë, is recruited to...
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Diane Stanley. Harper, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-242370-2
Stanley (The Chosen Prince) deftly infuses magic and mystery into this uplifting story about friendship and second chances. After the death of fifth-grader Joplin Danforth’s estranged grandfather, who was a famous author, Joplin and her mother trek...
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Diane Stanley. Quill Tree, $17.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-265803-6
When 12-year-old Max’s mother doesn’t come home to their New York City apartment, instead leaving a cryptic message about helping an old friend, Max’s family is thrown into disarray, suddenly missing “the sun to their planets.” While their father...
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Diane Stanley, Author . HarperCollins $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-17135-3
Meeting the high standards set by her previous picture-book biographies, Stanley (Michelangelo; Joan of Arc) here focuses on the 12th-century ruler known as "the Muslim saint-king" who was "praised even by his enemies as 'the marvel
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Diane Stanley, Author . HarperTrophy $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-441095-3
This miller's daughter can't imagine why anyone would want to marry the money-loving king, and proposes marriage to the short little man who has saved her life. In a starred review, PW
said, "Stanley blazes a new path for herself in...
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Diane Stanley, Author, G. Brian Karas, Illustrator , illus. by G. Brian Karas. Picture Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-11767-9
PW
called this tale of a girl named Sweetness, who runs away from her orphanage and finds Western-style adventure, "sweet and worth saving." Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Diane Stanley, Author, G. Brian Karas, Illustrator Live Oak Media (NY) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23225-1
In the amiable Saving Sweetness, Stanley and Karas introduced a clumsy and golden-hearted sheriff who adopts little Sweetness and her seven fellow orphans. In this equally charming sequel, the unmarried sheriff labors to be a good parent. ""Every...
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Diane Stanley, Author, G. Brian Karas, Illustrator Live Oak Media (NY) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22645-8
Colorful idiom characterizes this witty Western adventure, narrated by an amiable but bumbling sheriff. When ""the ittiest, bittiest orphan, little Sweetness"" runs away from the local orphanage and its cruel headmistress, the sheriff follows her...
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Diane Stanley, Author, G. Brian Karas, Illustrator , illus. by G. Brian Karas. Picture Puffin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-11962-8
In what PW
called "an equally charming sequel," an unmarried sheriff labors to be a good parent to little Sweetness and her seven fellow orphan "siblings" whom he adopted in Saving Sweetness. Here, the orphan octet urges him to...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-14-056674-1
""This riveting tale is based on a 15-year-old's own account of the four-year journey that took him from his home in Massachusetts to Siberia in 1856. The meticulous art steeped in period detail abounds with energy,"" said PW in a starred review....
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator . HarperCollins $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-000008-0
In Stanley's (Rumplestiltskin's Daughter) witty re-creation of a familiar tale, she characterizes Goldilocks as a wide-eyed, golden-haired heroine who knows exactly what she likes ("I want plain
pasta with just
butter and no
green things,
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator HarperCollins $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-10437-5
Adding this Renaissance genius to the illustrious lineup of individuals whose lives she and Peter Vennema have chronicled, among them Cleopatra, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, Stanley produces her most stunning pictorial biography to date.
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator . HarperCollins $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-072674-4
Inspired by the Salzberg Marionette Theatre, Stanley (Joan of Arc
) frames this engaging and well-paced biography of Mozart as a three-act puppet play. Sprinklings of dialogue and witty anecdotes—such as the prank Mozart plays on a singer mid-p
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator . HarperCollins $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-000010-3
Stanley (Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter
) once again cleverly contorts a familiar tale, here focusing not on Jack but on the giant from whom he purloins a beloved pet. Otto, a young giant with sharp teeth, beady eyes and claw-like nails, looks quite
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator . HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-055451-4
Stanley (Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam
) here focuses on Greek mythology's Pygmalion, introducing for the sculptor a female best friend, Jane, with sparkling results. When Pyg carves a woman out of stone, Jane deems her a "beautiful goddess.
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator Morrow Junior Books $6.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-16155-2
In a starred review, PW called this picture-book biography ""a virtuosic work."" Ages 7-up. (Aug.)
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator . HarperTrophy $6.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-443748-6
"Appealing to the audience's intelligence and imagination, this book stimulates an interest in both its particular subject, Joan of Arc, and history in general," said PW
in a starred review. Ages 7-up. (Feb.)
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-14327-5
Stanley blazes a new path for herself in this effervescent revisionist fairy tale, and the results are as stunning as her best picture-book biographies (Leonardo da Vinci; Bard of Avon). Here she brings her meticulous illustrator's eye for detail to
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator, Peter Vennema, With HarperCollins $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-09108-8
In this compact, informative biography, Stanley and Vennema return to the 16th-century England they portrayed so deftly in Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth of England . These seasoned raconteurs have sorted out historical facts, speculation...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator, Peter Vennema, With HarperCollins $7.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-13114-2
Dignified, detailed artwork is a befittingly regal accompaniment to this engrossing biography. Ages 5-up. (Feb.)
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator, Peter Vennema, With HarperCollins $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-09110-1
As in their previous collaborations ( Good Queen Bess ; Bard of Avon ), Stanley and Vennema bring to life another vital historical figure in their newest, spirited volume. Stanley's typically meticulous gouache art offers accurate portrayals of 19th-
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Diane Stanley, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator, Peter Vennema, With Four Winds $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-02-786810-4
The authors of Shaka, King of the Zulus vivify another colorful character as they recount the life and times of Elizabeth I, queen of England from 1558 until her death in 1603. They portray their subject as a wise, strong-willed ruler whose style it
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Diane Stanley, Author, Dennis Nolan, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-056095-4
Figures from different paintings hanging in a museum fall in love; ""Stanley's supple storytelling admits a fresh, romantic grasp of the possibilities of art and imagination,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. (Aug.)
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Diane Stanley, Author, Dennis Nolan, Illustrator Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1320-8
Stanley and Nolan lure readers with this playful puzzle. Rusty, an art student who comes to the city art museum to copy the works of Dutch masters, realizes that a kitchen maid in one painting and a gentleman in another have fallen in love. Of...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Peter Vennema, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-10413-9
The dazzling Egyptian queen proves a fertile subject for Stanley and Vennema, who have produced notable biographies of Queen Elizabeth, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and others. Here they make a seemingly effortless leap into ancient times,...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Peter Vennema, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-17961-8
Once again available from the husband-and-wife team behind Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare, here is another biography from the Elizabethan Age: Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England (1990) by Diane Stanley and Peter
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Diane Stanley, Author, Peter Vennema, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator Mulberry Books $7.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-16294-8
""These seasoned raconteurs...neatly piece together the puzzle of Shakespeare's life,"" said PW in a starred review, praising the ""stunning, intricate"" paintings. Ages 6-up. (Aug.)
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Diane Stanley, Author, Peter Vennema, Author, Diane Stanley, Illustrator HarperTrophy $7.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-15480-6
""This peerless author/artist team makes the captivating... Cleopatra seem astoundingly real,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 7-up. (Aug.)
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Diane Stanley, Author, Holly Berry, Illustrator , illus by Holly Berry. HarperTrophy $5.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-449006-1
This debut in the Time Traveling Twins series finds the duo on the Oregon Trail in 1843. "Stanley serves up a lively blend of fact and fiction, shoehorning in information on everything from the rigors of the terrain and weather to trail food...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Holly Berry, Illustrator HarperCollins $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-027067-4
Diane Stanley's Time-Traveling Twins head for a second adventure in Joining the Boston Tea Party, illus. by Holly Berry. The date is 1773, and Liz, Lenny and Grandma hear Sam Adams speak and join the ""Mohawks"" in dumping tea into the Boston...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Holly Berry, Illustrator HarperCollins $15.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-027065-0
Stanley (Peter the Great) launches a new historical picture book series about the Time Traveling Twins--red-haired brother and sister Lenny and Liz. Left with Grandma while their parents vacation in Paris, the twins soon strike out on an adventure...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Holly Berry, Illustrator , illus. by Holly Berry. HarperCollins/Cotler $15.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-027069-8
When the Time-Traveling Twins visit Grandma, her magic hat whisks them to Plymouth Plantation in the fall of 1621. As with the series' previous titles, the narrative moves the action forward while delectable factual details come across in...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Elise Primavera, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-399-22699-1
Moe the dog gave his friend Arlene a faux beach in Stanley and Primavera's infectiously upbeat Moe the Dog in Tropical Paradise; now it's Arlene's turn to surprise Moe. This time, the shaggy brown protagonist invents a slogan for the ice-cream...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Elise Primavera, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-399-22127-9
This blithesome tale of canine ingenuity offers midwinter warmth to those who begin thinking of island getaways even before the first snowflakes fall. While blizzard-like conditions prevail, scruffy mutt Moe and his springer spaniel pal Arlene work...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Bagram Ibatoulline, Illustrator . HarperCollins $15.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-077573-5
Stanley (A Time Apart
) refashions Cinderella into a tale of intrigue set during the Middle Ages. The story unfolds from multiple points of view but focuses on Bella, a child of noble birth, who is given to a wet nurse by her grieving father after...
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Diane Stanley, illus. by Jessie Hartland. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4814-5249-6
Stanley (Mozart: The Wonder Child) delivers a breezy but insightful overview of the curiosity and determination that drove Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) to pursue her intellectual passions, tracing her childhood dreams of flight, her friendship and...
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Diane Stanley, Author, Douglas Stanley, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $3.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-71401-6
When shy Peter Fieldmouse is invited to join his new neighborhood's Conversation Club, he is frazzled by the incessant chatter and starts his own organization--a listening club. Ages 4-7. (Sept.)
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Diane Stanley, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Four Winds $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-786800-5
Mary Ann can't do anything wrongespecially after finding a good-luck pencil. She works all the math problems right and draws pictures that everyone admires. When her teacher assigns a homework composition, Mary Ann must find something interesting to
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Diane Stanley, Author, Elise Primavera, Author, Elise Primavera, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-11761-7
Moe the mutt and his springer spaniel sidekick devise a cure for the midwinter blues. ""This happy-go-lucky narrative suggests that life can indeed be a beach,"" said PW's starred review. Ages 4-8. (Mar.)
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Diane Stanley. Holiday House/Porter, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8234-4487-8
Stanley condenses history into bite-size pieces in this illustrated collection of one-page biographies accompanied by textural colored pencil and watercolor portraits. Organized chronologically from Harriet Tubman to Greta Thunberg, Stanley traces a
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Diane Stanley, illus. by Jessie Hartland. S&S/Wiseman, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-5344-6140-6
Two previous collaborators (Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science) tell the story of white restaurateur Alice Waters and her determination to change the way America thought—and thinks—about food. Stanley starts with Waters’s early delight in the...
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