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Donna Jo Napoli

Donna Jo Napoli is an acclaimed and award-winning author of children's books. She won the Golden Kite Award for Stones in Water in 1997. Her novel Zel was named an American Bookseller Association Pick of the List, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a BCCB... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Let it go, then try again.
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Mama Miti has won an award
Dec 19, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Beast
Oct 13, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Bound
Jul 24, 2012
Mama Miti will be released on May 08, 2012 in eBook
May 08, 2012
Mama Miti is now available in eBook
May 08, 2012
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Donna Jo Napoli Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Let it go, then try again. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. an elephant Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Gardening. Or dancing. Or yoga. or baking bread. or being a linguist. Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. I don't believe in perfection -- at least not outside of mathematics and religion. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Fear I won't be believed -- and so I exaggerate (which makes what I say unbelievable). Learn more about Donna Jo Napoli

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Statesman Journal, April 11, 2013
...by Paul Fleischman A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz Tangerine by Edward Bloor Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 3rd-5th Grade Division Selections: Castle...
School Library Journal, April 1, 2013
...Judged by James Patterson Round Two Match 1 (March 22) Bomb� vs Code Name Verity ? Judged by Donna Jo Napoli Winner: Bomb Match 2 (March 25) Endangered� vs The Fault in Our Stars ? Judged by Martine Leavitt Match 3 (March 26) Starry River of the...
School Library Journal, April 1, 2013
...I didn’t have to pick. � I do so reluctantly. � I vote for BOMB. ? � Donna Jo Napoli This is a very tough match because, as with LIAR & SPY vs. SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS, this one is worthy of being in the final round. � Moreover...
TheDay.com, March 31, 2013
...Brewer Choices this week: "Someday a Tree" by Eve Bunting; "Old Black Fly" by Jim Aylesworth; "Albert" by Donna Jo Napoli AT THE BOOKSTORE "Jacob Wonderbar and the interstellar time warp" written and illustrated by Nathan Bransford, Dial, 2013, 263...
School Library Journal, March 28, 2013
...exciting results so far. Round Two Match 1 (March 22) Bomb vs Code Name Verity ? Judged by Donna Jo Napoli Winner: Bomb Match 2 (March 25) Endangered vs ? Judged by Martine Leavitt Match 3 (March 26) Starry River of the Sky vs Splendors and Glooms...
School Library Journal, March 28, 2013
...I didn’t have to pick. � I do so reluctantly. � I vote for BOMB. ? � Donna Jo Napoli This is a very tough match because, as with LIAR & SPY vs. SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS, this one is worthy of being in the final round. � Moreover...
School Library Journal, March 25, 2013
...of like how the SEC conference championship is the real national title game in college football. Does Judge Donna Jo Napoli realize that she is tasks with deciding between the hands down two best books in the field (and of the year)? Battle Commander...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 2, 2013
...Under the Empyrean Sky, book one in Chuck Wendigs Heartland trilogy, set in a future agri-dystopia; Skin by Donna Jo Napoli, about a 16-year-old girl who panics when her skin begins to lose its pigmentation; and Into That Forest by Australian playwright...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 27, 2013
...Under the Empyrean Sky, book one in Chuck Wendigs Heartland trilogy, set in a future agri-dystopia; Skin by Donna Jo Napoli, about a 16-year-old girl who panics when her skin begins to lose its pigmentation; and Into That Forest by Australian playwright...
Statesman Journal, April 11, 2013
...by Paul Fleischman A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz Tangerine by Edward Bloor Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 3rd-5th Grade Division Selections: Castle...
Statesman Journal, April 11, 2013
...by Paul Fleischman A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz Tangerine by Edward Bloor Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 3rd-5th Grade Division Selections: Castle...
School Library Journal, April 1, 2013
...Judged by James Patterson Round Two Match 1 (March 22) Bomb� vs Code Name Verity ? Judged by Donna Jo Napoli Winner: Bomb Match 2 (March 25) Endangered� vs The Fault in Our Stars ? Judged by Martine Leavitt Match 3 (March 26) Starry River of the...
School Library Journal, April 1, 2013
...I didn’t have to pick. � I do so reluctantly. � I vote for BOMB. ? � Donna Jo Napoli This is a very tough match because, as with LIAR & SPY vs. SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS, this one is worthy of being in the final round. � Moreover...
TheDay.com, March 31, 2013
...Brewer Choices this week: "Someday a Tree" by Eve Bunting; "Old Black Fly" by Jim Aylesworth; "Albert" by Donna Jo Napoli AT THE BOOKSTORE "Jacob Wonderbar and the interstellar time warp" written and illustrated by Nathan Bransford, Dial, 2013, 263...