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Dia Calhoun


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Seattle, Washington, The United States
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Author, essayist, and poet Dia Calhoun won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature for her novel Aria of the Sea. Three of her eight novels are American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults. Calhoun’s contemporary novel Eva of the Farm was a Hornbook Magazine Best Verse Novel. Reviewing Calhoun’s most recent book, After the River the Sun School Library Journal wrote—“Lovers of gaming and Arthurian legends will thoroughly enjoy this one.� Calhoun’s 7:30 BELLS blog essays explore creativity and inspiration.

Calhoun is a cofounder of the literacy social media project, readergirlz, recipient of the National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize. Calhoun has taught at Seattle University and the Cornish College
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Trick...or Book!

What if you went trick or treating for books? Instead of a treat, a book gets dropped into your bag. This could be an interesting classroom exercise.

List what books you'd hope to get. Sometimes, the person holding the bowl of candy lets you choose your own. Your hand hovers . . . Mars Bar or Hershey Bar?

Similarly, what if your have to choose between two books? For me, these might be Iron-H Read more of this blog post »
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Published on October 31, 2018 00:00
Average rating: 3.78 · 2,688 ratings · 293 reviews · 10 distinct works â€� Similar authors
Aria of the Sea

3.86 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions
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The Phoenix Dance

3.70 avg rating — 634 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Avielle of Rhia

3.78 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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Firegold

3.89 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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White Midnight

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Eva of the Farm

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“I believe that things should be used, even rare and valuable things, otherwise they lose their essential nature. That's far worse than being broken.”
Dia Calhoun, Aria of the Sea

“Look." He held out the piece of roughly carved walnut. "What will this be?"

"I see a wing," Cerinthe said. "No - maybe a fin?"

Old Skolla squinted. "At first a skylark seemed waiting in the wood. SO my knife carved, seeking that shape. But soon a different shape called to me, a dolphin - and after all that work on the skylark." He clicked his tongue. "To seek the new shape, Old Skolla had to let the old one go."

Cerinthe frowned. "What if the new shape isn't as good as the old one?"

"Aye, it would have been a good skylark, that's certain," he said. "But if the skylark stays, the dolphin's lost - or never found. So which would you rather? A good skylark forced upon the wood or a dolphin that sings out from the soul of the grain?”
Dia Calhoun, Aria of the Sea

Polls

Favorite retelling of Twelve Dancing Princesses

Entwined Entwined by Heather Dixon Heather Dixon
 
  44 votes, 26.2%

Princess of the Midnight Ball Princess of the Midnight Ball (Princess, #1) by Jessica Day George Jessica Day George
 
  27 votes, 16.1%

Wildwood Dancing Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1) by Juliet Marillier Juliet Marillier
 
  26 votes, 15.5%

The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer Marianna MayerK.Y. Craft
 
  14 votes, 8.3%

The Thirteenth Princess The Thirteenth Princess by Diane Zahler Diane Zahler
 
  12 votes, 7.1%

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine Genevieve Valentine
 
  9 votes, 5.4%

The Night Dance The Night Dance A Retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" (Once Upon a Time) by Suzanne Weyn Suzanne Weyn
 
  8 votes, 4.8%

The Princess Curse The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell Merrie Haskell
 
  7 votes, 4.2%

The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Brigette Barrager Brigette Barrager
 
  6 votes, 3.6%

The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Twelve Dancing Princesses by John Cech John Cech
 
  4 votes, 2.4%

The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Ruth Sanderson Ruth Sanderson
 
  3 votes, 1.8%

Twelve Dancing Unicorns Twelve Dancing Unicorns by Alissa Heyman Alissa Heyman
 
  3 votes, 1.8%

The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Rachel Isadora Rachel Isadora
 
  3 votes, 1.8%

The Phoenix Dance The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun Dia Calhoun
 
  2 votes, 1.2%

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