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A Single Pearl by Donna Jo Napoli
Category: Picture Books
In a vast ocean, a single grain of sand seems hopelessly small and unimportant. But over time, the sand begins to change. Layer by layer, it grows and transforms. Its beauty starts to shine. Exquisitely crafted by an award-winning author-illustrator team, this luminous, uplifting story reminds us of the ...Show more
Albert by Donna Jo Napoli; Jim LaMarche (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
One day when Albert is at his window, two cardinals come to build a nest in his hand, an event that changes his life.
Beast by Donna Jo Napoli
Category: Young Adult
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 day of the Feast of Sacrifices, Orasmyn makes a foolish choice that results in ...Show more
Dark Shimmer by Donna Jo Napoli
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Set in medieval Venice, this captivating fairy tale retelling by award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli explores belonging, beauty, and the transformative power of love through the eyes of a teenage girl. Dolce has grown up hidden away on an island in a lagoon. She is a giant, a freak, tormented by everyo ...Show more
Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
Category: Fiction
It is 1592 in Venice and Donata Mocenigo, younger daughter to one of the city's great noble families, leads a life full of wealth and privilege. But she feels constricted by the many strict rules of etiquette a young noblewoman must observe, and longs to throw off her veil.
Fish Girl by Donna Jo Napoli; David Wiesner (Illustrator)
Category: Graphic Novels
David Wiesner's first graphic novel, with text by acclaimed author Donna Jo Napoli, is a beautiful, engaging, and frequently funny coming-of-age tale about a mermaid for middle grade readers.
Hush by Donna Jo Napoli
Category: Children's
{rtf1ansiansicpg1252deff0deflang2057{fonttbl{f0fnilfcharset0 Arial;}} viewkind4uc1pardfs18 Mfs20 elkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in medieval Ireland. But all of this is suddenly meaningless when she is kidnapped and taken aboard a Viking slave ship. Thrown into a new a ...Show more
Hush : An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli
Category: Junior Fiction
Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in medieval Ireland. When she is kidnapped and taken aboard a marauding slave ship, she is thrown into a world that she has never known and forced tolearn quickly how to survive. Based on an ancient Icelandic saga, the award-winning au ...Show more