Diane Stanley


Diane Stanley is an American children's author and illustrator.
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Life and work

Stanley was born in Abilene, Texas. 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 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction from the National Council for Teachers of English. Many of her books have been honored as 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 :
  • The Farmer in the Dell
  • Fiddle-I-Fee
  • Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki
  • Little Mouse Nibbling
  • Petrosinella, a Neapolitan Rapunzel
  • Onions, Onions
  • Sleeping Ugly
  • The Man Whose Name Was Not Thomas
  • Robin of Bray
  • Beach Party
  • Little Orphant Annie
  • The Month-Brothers
  • All Wet! All Wet!
;Picture books :
;Picture books :
  • 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''