Robert D. San Souci

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Robert Daniel San Souci (October 10, 1946 – December 19, 2014) was a multiple award-winning children's book author, who resided in San Francisco, California.[1][2] He often worked with his brother, , a children's book illustrator. He was a consultant to Disney Studios and was instrumental in the production of the film Mulan, for which he wrote the story. He studied folklore in graduate school.[3] He died after suffering a head injury while falling from a high height in San Francisco in December 2014.

Select bibliography[]

Chapter books[]

  • Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales, illustrated by Katherine Coville (1987)
  • , illustrated by Katherine Coville (1994)
  • , illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers (1997)
  • A Terrifying Taste of Short & Shivery: Thirty Creepy Tales, illustrated by Katherine Coville (1999)
  • Dare to Be Scared: Thirteen Stories to Chill and Thrill, illustrated by David Ouimet. Cricket Books (2003), ISBN 0-8126-2688-5
  • Haunted Houses (Are You Scared Yet? 1), co-illustrated by Kelly Murphy and Antoine Revoy (2010)

Picture books[]

  • Sister Trickster, illustrated by Daniel San Souci
  • Young Merlin, illustrated by Daniel Horne
  • The Hobyahs
  • The Christmas Ark, illustrated by Daniel San Souci (1991)
  • Weave Of Words: An Armenian Tale Retold, illustrated by . Orchard Books (1998) (from a Nagorno-Karabakh folktale)
  • The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Dial Press (1989) (Caldecott Honor Book)
  • N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims (1991) (illustrated by murals begun by Wyeth for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company)
  • The Red Heels, illustrated by Gary Kelley. Dial Books (1996)
  • The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Dial Press (1997)
  • Two Bear Cubs: A Miwok Legend from California's Yosemite Valley, illustrated by . Yosemite Association (1997)
  • Cinderella Skeleton, illustrated by David Catrow (2004)[4]
  • Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, illustrated by Brian Pinkney (2002)
  • Cut from the Same Rope: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale, with Jane Yolen, illustrated by Brian Pinkney (2000)
  • Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior, illustrated by Jean & Mou-Sein Tseng (1998) (based on the legend of Hua Mulan)
  • The Faithful Friend, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
  • Sootface: An Objibwa Cinderella Story, illustrated by Daniel San Souci (1994)

References[]

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  3. ^ [3]
  4. ^ book review at the New York Times

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