Donna Jo Napoli's Books
There are 23 books
1.
The Crossing
By: Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrated by: Jim Madsen
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: June 14, 2011
Ages: 4 - 8
This young, lyrical picture book reveals the adventure and natural wonders that Lewis & Clark encountered on their Western expedition in the early 1800s. Told from the point of view of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, the baby...
Other Formats: eBook
2.
Breath
By: Donna Jo Napoli
This edition: eBook, 272 pages
Publication date: May 11, 2010
Ages: above 12
Salz is a boy afflicted with cystic fibrosis -- though in the Middle Ages in Saxony no one can identify it as such. Instead he is an outcast, living with his unfeeling father and superstitious brothers in a hovel outside...
3.
Mama Miti
Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
By: Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 5, 2010
Ages: 4 - 8
Through artful prose and beautiful illustrations, Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson tell the true story of Wangari Muta Maathai, known as “Mama Miti,” who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African...
Other Formats: eBook
4.
Hush
An Irish Princess' Tale
By: Donna Jo Napoli
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: October 23, 2007
Ages: above 12
Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in mediæval Ireland -- but all of this is lost the day she is kidnapped and taken aboard a marauding slave ship. Thrown into a world that she has never...
5.
Bound
By: Donna Jo Napoli
This edition: Mass Market Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: August 1, 2006
Ages: above 12
YOUNG XING XING IS BOUND. Bound to her late father's second wife and daughter. Bound to a life of servitude as a young girl in ancient China, where a woman is valued less than livestock. Bound to be alone, with no parents to...
Other Formats: eBook
6.
Beast
By: Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrated by: Rafal Olbinski
This edition: Mass Market Paperback, 272 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2004
Ages: above 12
Meet the Beast -- before there was Beauty Orasmyn is the prince of Persia and heir to the throne. His religion fills his heart and his mind, and he strives for the knowledge and leadership his father demonstrates. But on the...
7.
Song of the Magdalene
By: Donna Jo Napoli
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date: May 1, 2004
Ages: above 13
The story of a teenage Mary Magdalene -- here called Miriam -- is finally told.... When the world goes dark and her mind explodes within her, Miriam's future is shattered. In ancient Israel such seizures make her unclean. If...
8.
Hang in There
(Part of Angelwings)
By: Donna Jo Napoli
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: April 1, 2001
Ages: 7 - 10
Everyone's good at something. Stanley can't seem to do anything right. He doesn't draw well, he's not good at sports, and sometimes it feels like his parakeet, Casper, is the only one who listens to him. What's the point of...
9.
Partners
(Part of Angelwings)
By: Donna Jo Napoli
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: February 1, 2001
Ages: 7 - 10
Why is everyone always so mean to Drew? Drew is miserable. He and his family have just moved to a new house in Florida and Drew has no one to play with. His sisters are mean and bossy, and his parents are too busy unpacking...
10.
Left Out
(Part of Angelwings)
By: Donna Jo Napoli
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2000
Ages: 7 - 10
Other people's feelings mattter Molly is angry and embarassed that her big sister, Amanda, has a baby. Now some of Molly's friends won't play with her, and they talk about her behind her back. Molly doesn't want anything to...
