Good Queen Bess
What's Good Queen Bess About
In this welcome reissue, celebrated author and illustrator Diane Stanley and her husband, Peter Vennema, paint an impressive portrait of the remarkable queen who loved her people so dearly and ruled them so well. Elizabeth’s forceful personality, colorful court, and devoted subjects come vividly to life in this stellar picture-book biography.When it was first published, Good Queen Bess was named a Notable Book in the Field of Social Studies, an American Library Association Notable Book, a Booklist Editors’ Choice, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, and an IRA Teachers’ Choice.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of more than fifty books for children, noted especially for her series of picture book biographies, including Shaka, King of the Zulus and Leonardo da Vinci. She has twice received both the Boston Globe/Hornbook Award and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ Golden Kite Award. She was also the recipient of the Washington Post/Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction for the body of her work. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Learn more at DianeStanleyBooks.com.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780688179618
- Publication Date
- August 7, 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1990
- Page Count
- 40
- Word Count
- 4111
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 00047267
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 45115761
- Lexile® Level
- AD1060L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Y
- ATOS® Book Level
- 6.6
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 1
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 5905
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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