Background

Diane Goode was born on January 14, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She is a daughter of Armand R. and Paule (Guerrini) Capuozzo.

Education

Diane Goode attended the National School of Fine Arts in France from 1971 to 1972. She also studied at Queens College where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1972.

Career

Diane Goode started her career as a substitute teacher in New York City public schools. In 1975, she illustrated Christian Garrison's book Little Pieces of the West Wind. In 1976, Goode took up a post of a teacher of a studio workshop on children’s book illustration at the University of California, Los Angeles. She continued to produce illustrations for children's books such as The Selchie’s Seed, Flim and Flam and the Big Cheese, Tattercoats: An Old English Tale, When I Was Young in the Mountains and others. In 2014, she collaborated with journalist Cokie Roberts and illustrated Founding Mothers.

Goode began creating her own self-illustrated books in 1988 with the publication of I Hear a Noise. After launching her writing career, Goode began focusing much of her creative energy on anthologies. She wrote and illustrated volumes of folktales and silly stories such as Diane Goode's Book of American Folk Tales and Songs, Diane Goode's American Christmas and Diane Goode's Book of Silly Stories and Songs. Her latest book was published in 2018. Goode's work is represented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Achievements

• Diane Goode is an American writer and illustrator who is famous for her children's books. Her most famous books are Diane Goode's Book of American Folk Tales and Songs, Cinderella: The Dog And Her Little Glass Slipper and Louise the Big Cheese. She illustrated over 60 children's books. In 1976 Goode received the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People award for The Selchie’s Seed and Little Pieces of the West Wind. She also received the Caldecott honor book award and Parents’ Choice Award.

Works

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  • Diane Goode's American Christmas

    (A beautifully illustrated anthology of American poems, so...)

    1990
  • Mama's Perfect Present

    (Two children and their crazy canine, Zaza, go in search o...)

    1996
  • Diane Goode's Book of Giants and Little People

    (Drawn from a variety of sources and illustrated with Good...)

    1997
  • The Little Books of Nursery Animals

    (A miniature, four-volume boxed set of Mother Goose rhymes...)

    1993
  • Diane Goode's Book of Scary Stories and Songs

    (An eerie anthology of scary folktales, stories, poems, an...)

    1994
  • Diane Goode's Book of Silly Stories and Songs

    (A hilarious international collection of tall tales, folkt...)

    1992
  • Monkey Mo Goes to Sea

    (In an engaging story with the humor and silliness of Curi...)

    2002
  • The Dinosaur's New Clothes

    (Takes young readers on a journey to a land where royal di...)

    1999
  • Tiger Trouble

    (Jack and his pet tiger Lily live happily in an apartment ...)

    2001
  • Cinderella: The Dog And Her Little Glass Slipper

    (Offers an amusing twist to the classic tale as one depriv...)

    200
  • The Most Perfect Spot

    (Experience a picnic in the park with Mama and Jack, where...)

    2006
  • But I Wanted a Baby Brother!

    (Oliver is thrilled that his mother is expecting a baby an...)

    2010
  • Diane Goode's Book of American Folk Tales and Songs

    (Presents a collection of folk tales and songs from a vari...)

    1989
  • Where's Our Mama?

    (A kindly gendarme conducts two young children around Pari...)

    1991
  • I Hear a Noise

    (A little boy, hearing noises at his window at bedtime, ca...)

    1988
  • Cinderella Smith

    (Cinderella Smith has problems with a capital P. Her new t...)

    2011
  • Louise the Big Cheese

    ("Dream big" is Louise the Big Cheese's motto. But try tho...)

    2009
  • When I Grow Up 2018

Views

Quotations: "Working in the field of children’s literature has been a great joy. How lucky to be able to do the work I love and also contribute in some small way to the lives of our children. How lucky to find in my work the two things I’ve cherished since childhood: art and books."

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• The New York Times: Diane Goode's pen-and-ink drawings spin out like ragtime, each squiggle denoting a rustle of silk or a whoop or whisper.

Interests

• Swimming, yoga

• Writers

  Edith Wharton, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, Anita Brookner, Marcel Pagnol, Somerset Maughm

Connections

Diane Goode married David A. Goode on May 26, 1973. The marriage produced a son.

Father:

Armand R. Capuozzo

Mother:

Paule Guerrini

husband:

David A. Goode

Son:

Peter Goode

Collegue :

Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts was an American journalist and bestselling author.

References

• Something about the Author An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 childrens authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12, 000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, additional sources. A cumulative author index is included in each odd-numbered volume.
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