{"product_id":"michelangelo-9780060521134","title":"Michelangelo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith her thoroughly researched, lively narrative and superbly detailed illustrations, Diane Stanley has captured the life of the artist Michelangelo, who towered above the late Renaissance--and whose brilliance in architecture, painting, and sculpture amazes and moves us to this day. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichelangelo had a turbulent, quarrelsome life. He was obsessed with perfection and felt that everyone--from family members to his demanding patrons--took advantage and let him down. His long and difficult association with Pope Julius II yielded his greatest masterpiece, the radiant paintings in the Sistine Chapel, and his most disastrous undertaking, the monumental tomb that caused the artist frustration and heartache for forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildren's Books 2000-NY Public Lib., Books for Youth Editor's Choice 2000 (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e), Lasting Connections 2000 (Book Links), Best Books 2000 (School Library Journal), Top 10 Youth Art Books 2000 (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e), and Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2001, National Council for SS \u0026amp; Child. Book Council\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanley, Diane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDiane Stanley is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including \u003cem\u003eThe Silver Bowl\u003c\/em\u003e, which received three starred reviews, was named a best book of the year by \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBook Links\u003c\/em\u003e Lasting Connections, and was an ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice; \u003cem\u003eThe Cup and the Crown\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSaving Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Arab American Museum's Arab American Book Award and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year; \u003cem\u003eBella at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year and an ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice; \u003cem\u003eThe Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eA Time Apart\u003c\/em\u003e. Well known as the author and illustrator of award-winning picture-book biographies, she is the recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. Stanley has also written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales: \u003cem\u003eThe Giant and the Beanstalk\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGoldie and the Three Bears\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRumpelstiltskin's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. dianestanleybooks.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619621998866,"sku":"9780060521134","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e9876c0-3d4b-4b27-88c3-cb9ed339937d.jpg?v=1732552563","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/michelangelo-9780060521134","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}