Author: Diane Stanley
Narrator: Tom Bodett
Unabridged: 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published: 02/01/2016
Categories: Children's Fiction
Diane Stanely is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl, named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; The Cup and the Crown; The Princess of Cortova; Saving Sky, winner of the Arab American Book Award; 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; The Chosen Prince; and Joplin, Wishing.Ms. Stanley has 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, and an award-winning series of picture book biographies. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can visit her online at www.dianestanley.com.
What a hoot! This is surely a different type orphan book from most on my orphan related shelf! This book is so different, in a good way. The storyline, language, illustrations, all seemed atypical for a children’s picture book. I loved the pictures. The art style is great, and the juxtaposition/posit......more
When cute-as-a-button Sweetness - the youngest orphan at slave-driving Mrs. Sump's home for unwanted children - runs away, the local sheriff sets out to track her down, concerned that she might come to harm. With outlaws like Coyote Peter roaming around, you never know what might happen! Unfortunate......more