Dianna Hutts Aston
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Dianna Hutts Aston is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Dianna Hutts Aston
Dianna Hutts Aston writes nature and science picture books for children, including the series illustrated by Sylvia Long that begins with An Egg Is Quiet. Her own site records that An Egg Is Quiet won the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize and that The Moon Over Star, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, received a Coretta Scott King Honor.
Also by this author: A Seed Is Sleepy · A Butterfly Is Patient · A Rock Is Lively
Official website: www.diannahuttsaston.org
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.