Diane Namm

Writer/Director


My First Readers
Scholastic/Children's Press

In "My Best Friend," a child tries to decide which friend is really the best -- and learns they all are!

"Pick a Pet," tells the tale of a child looking for the perfect pet -- and finds it in the least likely place.

In "Guess Who" a child imagines all the wonderful people who might be coming to visit that day.

"Monsters!" illustrates how nighttime monsters can really add up when a new monster appears on every page.

In "Little Bear" Mama Bear tries very hard to find something that Little Bear will eat -- but it isn't easy!


Selected Works

Fiction
West of Broadway Easy-Reader Adapatations
"A Christmas Carol," "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "Tale of Peter Rabbit," and "Ransom of Red Chief."
Sterling Books/Barnes & Noble Publishing Classic Starts 2007/2008
Diane Namm adapts Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera" for Sterling Books, now available in stores and on the web, Margaret Sydney's "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" due out in 2008.
Fiction-Beginning Readers
Sterling Books/Barnes & Noble Publishing Classic Readers 2006 and 2007
Timeless classics adapted especially for beginning readers.



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