"Stone fires up readers" --Publishers Weekly

Hear a live interview with Tanya on Sound Authors, in which she discusses writing for kids, Ella Fitzgerald, empowering girls, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Mercury 13 women, and Alexander Calder.

Breaking News! A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl was just named a 2008 International Reading Association (IRA) Young Adult Choice!

NEW! September 4th!

Sandy's Circus

Illustrated by Boris Kulikov

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 Junior Library Guild Selection.

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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

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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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

"Vagina Monologues...for the teen crowd." - Donna Freitas, Belief.net 

Now out in paperback, with a Bonus Reading Guide (FREE DOWNLOAD here). And...Bad Boy is heading to Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. Check out the hot cover on the right!

Bad Boy has been called "Sure to be the new Forever" and has gotten starred reviews, ALA Quick Picks, SLJ Book of the Month, Texas Tayshas, Kentucky Bluegrass Master Award List, and more. Read all about it on the Teen Fiction page. (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)

ALERT! Theft of Bad Boy copies from libraries is up, up, up! Please email me if this has happened to your library.

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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."

Booklist: "...smooth, straightforward narrative...illuminating...inspiring portrait." 

SLJ: "a must-buy for teens"

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And coming in 2009
ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: The True Story of the Mercury 13