Overview
In this spirited new version of a classic fairy tale, we meet a determined heroine with a mind of her own. Can she help it if everyone she invites over is too bossy or too boring or too snobby or too rough? What Goldie desperately wants is a friend she can love with all her heart. And one day, she finds one who's just right.
Full Product Details
Author: Diane Stanley ,
Diane Stanley
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Collins
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 0.40cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.195kg
ISBN: 9780061136115
ISBN 10: 0061136115
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 09 January 2007
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
Fresh and funny...Stanley's art, so sophisticated in her biographies, is delightfully childlike here, with lots of fun in every scene. --ALA Booklist
""Reads like Charlotte Zolotow or Arnold Lobel of yore."" -- Horn Book Magazine ""Upbeat...Endearing...Fresh and funny."" -- Publishers Weekly ""Fresh and funny...Stanley's art, so sophisticated in her biographies, is delightfully childlike here, with lots of fun in every scene."" -- ALA Booklist ""A charming story...goes beyond clever to also have real substance. A 24-carat selection."" -- School Library Journal (Starred review)
A charming story goes beyond clever to also have real substance. A 24-carat selection. --School Library Journal (Starred review)
A charming story...goes beyond clever to also have real substance. A 24-carat selection. --School Library Journal (Starred review) Upbeat...Endearing...Fresh and funny. --Publishers Weekly Reads like Charlotte Zolotow or Arnold Lobel of yore. --Horn Book Magazine Fresh and funny...Stanley's art, so sophisticated in her biographies, is delightfully childlike here, with lots of fun in every scene. --ALA Booklist
Upbeat.Endearing.Fresh and funny. -- Publishers Weekly
Author Information
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. 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.
