Diane Stanley

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Diane Stanley
Stanley in 2002
Stanley in 2002
Born (1943-12-27) December 27, 1943 (age 80)
Abilene, Texas, USA
Occupation
  • Writer
  • illustrator
NationalityAmerican
Genre
Website
dianestanley.com

Diane Stanley (born December 27, 1943)[1] is an American children's author and illustrator.

Life and work

Stanley was born in Abilene, Texas.[1] She earned her bachelor's degree from Trinity University and her M. A. in medical illustration from Johns Hopkins University College of Medicine. Stanley is the author and/or illustrator of more than sixty books for children, noted especially for her series of picture book biographies. Shaka, King of the Zulus was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and Leonardo da Vinci received the

American Library Association Notable Books and she has twice received both the Boston Globe/Hornbook Award and the Society of Children's Book Writers' Golden Kite Award
. She was the recipient of the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for the body of her work.

She has three grown children and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband, Peter Vennema.

Books

Biographies and History

Fiction

Picture books (as illustrator only)
Picture books (as author only)
  • The Good Luck Pencil (illustrated by Bruce Degen)
  • Siegfried (illustrated by John Sandford)
  • Moe the Dog in Tropical Paradise (illustrated by Elise Primavera)
  • Woe is Moe (illustrated by Elise Primavera)
  • The Gentleman and the Kitchen Maid (illustrated by Dennis Nolan)
  • Saving Sweetness (illustrated by G. Brian Karas)
  • Raising Sweetness (illustrated by G. Brian Karas)
  • The Time-Traveling Twins: Roughing it on the Oregon Trail (illustrated by Holly Berry)
  • The Time-Traveling Twins: Joining the Boston Tea Party (illustrated by Holly Berry)
  • The Time-Traveling Twins: Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation (illustrated by Holly Berry)
Picture books (as author and illustrator)
  • The Conversation Club
  • A Country Tale
  • Birdsong Lullaby
  • Captain-Whiz-Bang
  • Fortune
  • Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter
  • The Giant and the Beanstalk
  • Goldie and the Three Bears
  • The Trouble with Wishes
Novels
  • A Time Apart
  • The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine
  • The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy
  • Bella at Midnight
  • Saving Sky
  • The Silver Bowl
  • The Cup and the Crown
  • The Princess of Cortova
  • The Chosen Prince
  • Joplin, Wishing
  • Second Sleep

Historical Fiction

  • Elena

References

  1. ^ a b "Diane Stanley: Extended Biography" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  2. OCLC 22346093
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  3. OCLC 24796509
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  4. OCLC 28674657
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  5. OCLC 18983839
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  6. OCLC 37917402
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  7. OCLC 32893772
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  8. OCLC 42733770
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  9. OCLC 213408549
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  10. OCLC 12216402
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  11. OCLC 46791021
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  12. OCLC 16830693
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  13. OCLC 20823772
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External links
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