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Diane Stanley is an American children's author and illustrator. She was born in Abilene, Texas in 1943. She earned her bachelor's degree from Trinity University and her M. A. in medical illustration from Johns Hopkins University College of Medicine. She has worked as a medical illustrator, a graphic designer for Dell Publishing, and an art director for G. P. Putnam's Sons, winning three design awards from the New York Book Show.

Stanley is the author and/or illustrator of fifty books for children, noted especially for her series of twelve 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. Ten of her books have been honored as Notable Books by the American Library Association 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, who sometimes collaborates with her on research for her biographies.

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Total Books: 162
Alice Waters Cooks Up a Food Revolution
2022 - Alice Waters Cooks Up a Food Revolution (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781534461406
ISBN-10: 153446140X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Children's Books
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Joplin Wishing
2017 - Joplin Wishing (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780062423702
ISBN-10: 0062423703
Genre: Children's Books
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Ada Lovelace Poet of Science The First Computer Programmer
2016 - Ada Lovelace Poet of Science the First Computer Programmer (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781481452496
ISBN-10: 1481452495
Genre: Children's Books
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The Chosen Prince
2016 - The Chosen Prince (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780062248992
ISBN-10: 0062248995
Genre: Children's Books
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Bard of Avon The Story of William Shakespeare
2015 - Bard of Avon the Story of William Shakespeare (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780062419255
ISBN-10: 0062419250
Genre: Children's Books
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The Princess of Cortova
2015 - The Princess of Cortova [Silver Bowl, Bk 3] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780062047328
ISBN-10: 0062047329
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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The Cup and the Crown
2013 - The Cup and the Crown (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780061963230
ISBN-10: 0061963232
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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The Silver Bowl
2012 - The Silver Bowl [Silver Bowl, Bk 1] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061575464
ISBN-10: 0061575461
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Saving Sky
2012 - Saving Sky (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061239076
ISBN-10: 0061239070
Genre: Children's Books
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Roughing It on the Oregon Trail The Timetraveling Twins
2009 - Roughing It on the Oregon Trail the Timetraveling Twins (Other)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781439551240
ISBN-10: 1439551243
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Mozart The Wonder Child A Puppet Play in Three Acts
2009 - Mozart the Wonder Child a Puppet Play in Three Acts (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780060726744
ISBN-10: 0060726741
Genre: Children's Books
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Joan of Arc
2008 - Joan of Arc (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781439551196
ISBN-10: 1439551197
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Leonardo Da Vinci
2008 - Leonardo Da VInci (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781439553961
ISBN-10: 1439553963
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The Mysterious Matter of I M Fine
2008 - The Mysterious Matter of I M Fine (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781439519134
ISBN-10: 1439519137
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Michelangelo
2008 - Michelangelo [High Interest Books] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781439547502
ISBN-10: 1439547505
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2008 - Bella at Midnight [A Baseball Card Adventure] (Other)
Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter
2008 - Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781435286894
ISBN-10: 1435286898
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The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy
2008 - The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780060858179
ISBN-10: 0060858176
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy
2008 - The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy (Other)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780060858186
ISBN-10: 0060858184
Genre: Children's Books
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The Trouble with Wishes
2007 - The Trouble with Wishes (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780060554514
ISBN-10: 0060554517
Genres: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
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Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation
2005 - Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation [Time-Traveling Twins, Bk 3] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439814249
ISBN-10: 0439814243
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Saving Sweetness
2004 - Saving Sweetness [Live Oak Readalong] (Audio CD)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781591123309
ISBN-10: 1591123305
Genres: Children's Books, Books on CD
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2002 - Roughing It on the Oregon Trail [Time-Traveling Twins, Bk 1] (Other)
2002 - Joining the Boston Tea Party [The Ttime-traveling Twins] (Other)
2000 - The True Adventure of Daniel Hall [Picture Puffins] (Paperback)
1999 - Cleopatra (Other)Paperback
1997 - Petrosinella a Neopolitan Rapunzel [Picture Puffins] (Paperback)
1997 - The Gentleman and the Kitchen Maid [Picture Puffins] (Paperback)
1996 - Elena (Hardcover)Paperback
1995 - Woe Is Moe (Other)