Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl, which received three starred reviews, was named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and Book Links Lasting Connections, and was an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Cup and the Crown; Saving Sky, winner of the Arab American Museum's Arab American Book Award and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year; Bella at Midnight, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy; The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine; and A Time Apart. Well known as the author and illustrator of award-winning picture-book biographies, she is the recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work. Ms. Stanley has also written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales: The Giant and the Beanstalk, Goldie and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. dianestanleybooks.com.
Alexos is a strong character, capable of accepting and adapting to
change, even as he struggles with heartbreak and almost
insurmountable odds. The language is lyrical and accessible, and
the end is satisfying in the extreme.--School Library Journal
(starred review)
Veteran Stanley concocts a delicious blend of familiar fairy-tale
motifs and intriguing, well-rounded characters to create an
engaging fantasy. A most worthy and enjoyable entry in the 'feisty
female' fantasy genre."--Kirkus Reviews (starred
review)
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