Diane Stanley facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Diane Stanley
Stanley in 2002
Born	(1943-12-27) December 27, 1943 (age 81) Abilene, Texas, US
Occupation	Writer illustrator
Genre	Children's books fantasy

Diane Stanley (born December 27, 1943) is an American author and illustrator who creates books for children. She is well-known for her many picture books and novels.

About Diane Stanley

Diane Stanley was born in Abilene, Texas. She went to Trinity University and later studied medical illustration at Johns Hopkins University.

Stanley has written and/or illustrated over sixty books for young readers. She is especially famous for her picture book biographies, which tell the life stories of important people.

Awards and Recognition

Many of Diane Stanley's books have won special awards.

• Her book Shaka, King of the Zulus was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book.
• Leonardo da Vinci received the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction. This award is given by the National Council for Teachers of English.
• Many of her books have been honored as American Library Association Notable Books.
• She has won the Boston Globe/Hornbook Award twice.
• She has also received the Society of Children's Book Writers' Golden Kite Award two times.
• Diane Stanley was given the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for all her amazing work.

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

Diane Stanley's Books

Diane Stanley has written and illustrated many different kinds of books.

Biographies and History Books

These books tell the true stories of people or historical events.

• Alice Waters Cooks Up a Food Revolution (2022)
• RESIST: Peaceful Acts That Changed our World (2020)
• Ada Lovelace: Poet of Science (2017)
• Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare (1992)
• Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectations (1993)
• Cleopatra (1994)
• Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England (1990)
• Joan of Arc (1998)
• Leonardo da Vinci (1996)
• Michelangelo (2000)
• Mozart: The Wonder Child - A Puppet Play in Three Acts (2009)
• Peter the Great (1986)
• Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam (2002)
• Shaka: King of the Zulus (1988)
• The Last Princess (1991)
• The Time-Traveling Twins: Joining the Boston Tea Party
• The Time-Traveling Twins: Roughing It on the Oregon Trail
• The Time-Traveling Twins: Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation
• The True Adventure of Daniel Hall

Fiction Books

Diane Stanley has also created many fictional stories.

Picture Books (Illustrated by Others)

These are books where Diane Stanley wrote the story, but another artist drew the pictures.

• The Good Luck Pencil
• Siegfried
• Moe the Dog in Tropical Paradise
• Woe is Moe
• The Gentleman and the Kitchen Maid
• Saving Sweetness
• Raising Sweetness
• The Time-Traveling Twins: Roughing it on the Oregon Trail
• The Time-Traveling Twins: Joining the Boston Tea Party
• The Time-Traveling Twins: Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation

Picture Books (Written and Illustrated by Diane Stanley)

For these books, Diane Stanley wrote the story and also drew all the pictures.

• 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 for Young Readers

These are longer stories, often for older children.

• 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 Books

This type of book tells a fictional story that takes place in a real historical time period.

• Elena