Thumbelina
Summary
Silver Penny Stories Series
| Year | Title | Author | Illustrator | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Thumbelina | Linda Olafsdottir, Kathleen Olmstead | 48 | |
| 2013 | The Princess and the Pea | Diane Namm | Linda Olafsdottir | 48 |
| 2014 | Beauty and the Beast | Kathleen Olmstead, Linda Olafsdottir | 48 | |
| 2015 | Sleeping Beauty | Francesca Rossi | 61 |
The Creatives Behind the Books
Linda Olafsdottir draws, paints, and writes from her home studio in in Reykjavík, Iceland. She has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and received Reykjavík’s Children’s Literature Award in 2016. Play? is her debut book as an author and illustrator.
Kathleen Olmstead is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Anne of Avonlea and Moby Dick, as well as Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea and Matthew Henson: The Quest for the North Pole, both in the Sterling Biographies series. Linda Olafsdottir has a BFA from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and an MFA in illustration for the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in such publications as Poets and Artists and Creative Quarterly. Linda lives in Reykjavík with her husband and two children. Learn more about her at lindaolafsdottir.com/#hom.
Diane Namm is the author of several of Sterling’s Classic Starts books, including Phantom of the Opera and Greek Myths, as well as other Silver Penny titles (including Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Jack and the Beanstalk). She lives in Malibu, CA. Linda Olafsdottir has a BFA from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and an MFA in illustration for the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in such publications as Poets and Artists and Creative Quarterly. Linda lives in Reykjavík with her husband and two children. Learn more about her at lindaolafsdottir.com/#hom.
FRANCESCA ROSSI graduated from the Scuola Internazionale di Comics (International School of Comics) in Florence. She publishes illustrated books for a number of Italian publishers, and designs book covers and posters. In addition to her work as an illustrator, she conducts workshops in schools and libraries, as well as making and decorating pottery. Francesca has illustrated many books for White Star, including Classic Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault, Fairy Tale Adventures, Classic Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Francesca lives in Italy.
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