"Stone fires up readers" --Publishers Weekly

"One of the finest nonfiction writers working today" --Anita Silvey  

  THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BARBIE:

  A Doll's History and Her Impact On Us  

 BUY THE BOOK: Indiebound or  Amazon or Barnes & Noble

  Winner of THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD!  

  A Kirkus Best Book of 2010! 

  An SLJ Best Book of 2010! 

  STARRED Review from Kirkus! "Sibert Medalist Stone tantalizes"

  STARRED Review from School Library Journal! "The author maintains her signature research style and accessible informational voice."

  STARRED Review from Booklist! "Stone has done her homework...voices add sparkle." 

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ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream  

2010 SIBERT MEDAL AWARD WINNER!!!

Hear a live interview with Tanya on Sound Authors 

NEW! Interview on VPR about Almost Astronauts   

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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. 

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.

Download a FREE Reading Guide!

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 NEW! 

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 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! 

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"