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/Fairy Tale
Sterling Books - Little Acorn Series
Sterling Publishing's Little Acorns are briefly told adpatations of children's best loved fairy tales.
Fiction
Sterling Books/Barnes & Noble Publishing Classic Starts Series
Diane Namm adapts GREEK MYTHS, ANIMAL STORIES, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS.
West of Broadway Easy-Reader Adapatations
"A Christmas Carol," "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "Tale of Peter Rabbit," and "Ransom of Red Chief."
Fiction-Beginning Readers
Sterling Books/Barnes & Noble Publishing Classic Readers 2006 and 2007
Timeless classics adapted especially for beginning readers.