Biography

Tanya Lee Stone is an award-winning author of books for kids and teens. Her work, which includes YA fiction (A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl), picture books (Elizabeth Leads the Way and Sandy's Circus), and nonfiction (Almost Astronauts and The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie) has won national awards such as the ALA's Sibert Medal, SCBWI's Golden Kite Award, YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction, Jane Addams Book Award Honor, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, NCTE's Orbus Pictus, and Bank Street's Flora Steiglitz Award. Forthcoming titles include Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?! and The House that Jane Built (Holt 2013) and Courage Has No Color (Candlewick 2013).

Books by Tanya Lee Stone

Remembering Rosalind Franklin
Remembering Rosalind Franklin
2024
Peace Is a Chain Reaction
Peace Is a Chain Reaction
2022
Pass Go and Collect $200
Pass Go and Collect $200
2018
Who says women can't be computer programmers?
Who says women can't be computer programmers?
2018
Almost astronauts
Almost astronauts
2015
Good, the Bad, and the Barbie
Good, the Bad, and the Barbie
2015
The house that Jane built
The house that Jane built
2015
Courage Has No Color
Courage Has No Color
2013
Courage Has No Color - The Tru
Courage Has No Color - The True Story of the Triple Nickles
2013
Courage Has No Color The True Story Of The Triple Nickles Americas First Black Paratroopers
Courage Has No Color The True Story Of The Triple Nickles Americas First Black Paratroopers
2013
Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers (Junior Library Guild Selection)
Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers (Junior Library Guild Selection)
2013
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?
2013
The good, the bad, and the Barbie
The good, the bad, and the Barbie
2010
Elizabeth Leads the Way
Elizabeth Leads the Way
2008
Sandy's circus
Sandy's circus
2008
Up close, Ella Fitzgerald
Up close, Ella Fitzgerald
2008
Amelia Earhart (Dk Biography)
Amelia Earhart (Dk Biography)
2007
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl
2006
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Islands (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Islands (Regional Wild America)
2005
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Mountains and Prairies (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Mountains and Prairies (Regional Wild America)
2005
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the South (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the South (Regional Wild America)
2005
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Southwest (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Southwest (Regional Wild America)
2005
Unique animals of Alaska
Unique animals of Alaska
2005
Unique animals of Hawaii
Unique animals of Hawaii
2005
Unique animals of the Midwest
Unique animals of the Midwest
2005
Unique animals of the Northeast
Unique animals of the Northeast
2005
Unique animals of the Pacific Coast
Unique animals of the Pacific Coast
2005
Unique animals of the Southeast
Unique animals of the Southeast
2005
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of Alaska (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of Alaska (Regional Wild America)
2004
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of Hawaii (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of Hawaii (Regional Wild America)
2004
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Midwest (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Midwest (Regional Wild America)
2004
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Pacific Coast (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Pacific Coast (Regional Wild America)
2004
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Southeast (Regional Wild America)
Regional Wild America - Unique Animals of the Southeast (Regional Wild America)
2004
Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon
2003
Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut
Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut
2003
M is for mistletoe
M is for mistletoe
2003
P is for Passover
P is for Passover
2003
D is for Dreidel
D is for Dreidel
2002
Mars (Blastoff)
Mars (Blastoff)
2002
Mercury (Blastoff)
Mercury (Blastoff)
2002
Scientists Volume 7
Scientists Volume 7
2002
Venus (Blastoff)
Venus (Blastoff)
2002
Laura Welch Bush, First Lady
Laura Welch Bush, First Lady
2001
Living in a World of
Living in a World of
2001
Living in a World of - Blue (Living in a World of)
Living in a World of - Blue (Living in a World of)
2001
Living in a World of - Brown (Living in a World of)
Living in a World of - Brown (Living in a World of)
2001
Living in a World of - Green (Living in a World of)
Living in a World of - Green (Living in a World of)
2001
Living in a World of - White (Living in a World of)
Living in a World of - White (Living in a World of)
2001
Made in the USA - Toothpaste (Made in the USA)
Made in the USA - Toothpaste (Made in the USA)
2001
Oprah Winfrey:Success W/ An Op (Gateway Biographies)
Oprah Winfrey:Success W/ An Op (Gateway Biographies)
2001
Progressive Era and World War I (Making of America (Raintree))
Progressive Era and World War I (Making of America (Raintree))
2001
Saturn (Blastoff)
Saturn (Blastoff)
2001
The Progressive Era and World War 1 (Making of America (Austin, Tex.).)
The Progressive Era and World War 1 (Making of America (Austin, Tex.).)
2001
Made in the USA - Snowboards (Made in the USA)
Made in the USA - Snowboards (Made in the USA)
2000
Made in the USA - Teddy Bears (Made in the USA)
Made in the USA - Teddy Bears (Made in the USA)
2000
Diana, princess of the people
Diana, princess of the people
1999
America's top 10 construction wonders
America's top 10 construction wonders
1998
America's top 10 national monuments
America's top 10 national monuments
1998
Medical causes
Medical causes
1997