Peter Fieldmouse starts a club where his friends and neighbors learn to really make conversation--that it's really more than just talk! Then he must convince the club to listen to Pearl's story, and the members agree it is the best story they've ever heard. Full-color illustrations.
Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of more than fifty books for children, noted especially for her series of picture book biographies. SHAKA: KING OF THE ZULUS was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; LEONARDO DA VINCI received the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction from the National Council for Teachers of English. Ten of her books have been honored as "Notable Books" by the American Library Association and she has twice received both the Boston Globe/Hornbook Award and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' Golden Kite Award. She is the recipient of the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for Nonfiction for the body of her work.
She lives in Santa Fe, NM. Visit her website at dianestanley.com.
