"Stone fires up readers" --Publishers Weekly
ALMOST ASTRONAUTS IS THE
2010 SIBERT MEDAL AWARD WINNER!!!
Almost Astronauts has also won a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Honor
Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor
"One of the finest nonfiction writers working today"
--Anita Silvey, Children's & Young Adult Book Expert
ON SHELVES NOW!
ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
An ALA Notable Book
An Outstanding Science Trade Book
Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
Kirkus Best YA Books of 2009
Horn Book Fanfare
Amelia Bloomer List
Richie's Picks
Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of 2009
Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA)
WATCH Tanya on CPSAN present Almost Astronauts at Politics & Prose on CSPAN-BookTV
Hear a live interview with Tanya on Sound Authors
NEW! Interview on VPR about Almost Astronauts
REVIEWS
Natural History Magazine: "a much truer portrait of an era than the many self-congratulatory celebrations of the Moon landing published this year."
Nancy Pearl says: "This is a stirring, and ultimately sad, story of hopes dashed and talent wasted. But in the end, I suppose, it's more helpful to view Cob, Hart, and the others as setting the stage for all the women who came after them."
Kirkus: "fascinating, dramatic story...the author offers great insight into how deeply ingrained sexism was in American society...this empowering, impassioned story will leave readers inspired." Horn Book: "meticulously researched and thrillingly told" School Library Journal: "passionately written account" Elizabeth Leads the Way (Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon)
This picture book about Elizabeth Cady Stanton looks at the moment this extraordinary woman decided to devote her life to getting women the right to vote--and how she changed the face of America forever. (Henry Holt, 2008)
Booklist: "A must for library shelves."
Book Links Best New Books of 2008
A Booklist Top Ten Youth Biography
An ALA Notable Book
A 2009 Amelia Bloomer Award Book
A CBC Notable Social Studies Book
A 2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Reading List book
A 2009 Minnesota Comstock Award Honor Book
School Library Journal: "energetic, lucid prose...just right for a young audience."
Kirkus: "lively prose well-matched by Gibbon's irrepressible images"
Horn Book: "Stone engages modern readers and sets the nineteenth-century stage for them...upbeat...highlights Elizabeth's energy"
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
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NEW!
Sandy's Circus
Meet Alexander Calder, the man who invented the mobile and set the art world on fire with his magical, moveable Cirque de Calder. With incredible illustrations by Boris Kulikov.
Starred Review, Kirkus: "The lively text shines with apt details....spritely, noteworthy"
Starred Review, School Library Journal: "Stone and Kulikov spin out a fast-moving tale that is in keeping with their high-energy subject."
Horn Book: "Stone's narrative is as animated as Calder's figures...Kulikov's [art] vibrant with energy and color...would pair interestingly with Selznick's Hugo Cabret."
Booklist: "beautifully illustrated...spare, direct...Kulikov's elegant, fanciful multimedia collages extend the story...will ignite curiosity in Calder."
A 2009-2010 Red Clover Book! Kids in VT will choose their favorite among 10 titles chosen.
A Junior Library Guild Selection, New York Public Library's 2008 100 Titles For Reading and Sharing, and the following Best Children's Books of 2008: Bank Street, Kirkus, School Library Journal, and the Washington Post!
Download a FREE Reading/Teacher's Guide!
Watch a 3-minute movie of fantabulous art students made after reading Sandy's Circus!
Read a New York Times article about Alexander Calder's Cirque de Calder and the permanent exhibit at the Whitney Museum in New York!
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A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl
Things are heating up for A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL
Don't let the title scare you...
"brave and beautiful" --Megan McCafferty
"crawl-under-the-skin true...tell-it-like-it-is wisdom...irresistible" --Libba Bray
"poetic, funny, and amazingly true...will be dog-eared and stuffed in pockets and read long after bedtime." --E. Lockhart
"Vagina Monologues...for the teen crowd." - Donna Freitas, Belief.net
"If you don't read this book...you are missing out big time.READ IT, I TELL YOU! READ IT!" --Frenetic Reader Blog
Now out in paperback, with a Bonus Reading Guide (FREE DOWNLOAD here). And...Bad Boy is now in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. Check out the hot cover on the right!
Bad Boy has been called "Sure to be the new Forever"
Starred Reviews
ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
SLJ Book of the Month
Texas Tayshas State Award List
Kentucky Bluegrass Master Award List
Maryland Great Books for Teens
International Reading Association (IRA) Young Adult Choice, and more.
Read all about it on the Teen Fiction page.
Ella Fitzgerald
Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald (Viking). That voice. That smooth, silky voice. My new bio of Ella includes some never-before-published details about this legendary singer.
Starred Review, Kirkus: "adds humor, insight and spirit to an already lively subject...a remarkable look at race relations...readers will come away knowing much more about jazz history than they would have expected and will find it hard to stop reading about this fascinating woman."
Bank Street's The Best Children's Books of the Year
Booklist: "...smooth, straightforward narrative...illuminating...inspiring portrait."
SLJ: "a must-buy for teens"
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