Denise Fleming
American writer
Denise K. Fleming (January 31, 1950) is an American creator of children's picture books . She was born in Toledo, Ohio . She graduated in illustration (after a change from advertising design) from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. [1]
Her first book, In the Tall, Tall Grass , was published by Henry Holt and Company in 1991. According to one library summary, "Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles." [2] It was critically well received [3] and its sequel, In the Small, Small Pond (Holt, 1993), was a runner-up for the 1994 Caldecott Medal . [4]
Twenty years later, In the Small, Small Pond was runner-up for the inaugural, 2013 Phoenix Picture Book Award . The Phoenix Awards recognize the best children's books published twenty years earlier that did not win major contemporary awards. [5]
Her other books include The Cow Who Clucked , The First Day of Winter , Underground , and 5 Little Ducks .
Awards and honors
underGROUND is a Junior Library Guild book. [6]
Year | Title | Award/Honor | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | In the Small, Small Pond | Caldecott Medal | Runner-up | [4] [7] [8] |
1998 | Time to Sleep | Charlotte Zolotow Award | Commended | [9] |
1999 | Mama Cat Has Three Kittens | Charlotte Zolotow Award | Commended | [9] |
2003 | Alphabet Under Construction | ALSC Notable Children's Books | Selection | [10] [11] |
2004 | Buster | Charlotte Zolotow Award | Commended | [9] |
2013 | In the Small, Small Pond | Phoenix Picture Book Award | Runner-up | |
2013 | underGROUND | Charlotte Zolotow Award | Commended | [9] [6] |
Publications
- In the Tall, Tall Grass (1991)
- Count! (1992)
- Lunch (1992)
- In the Small, Small Pond (1993)
- Barnyard Banter (1994)
- Where Once There Was a Wood (1996)
- Time to Sleep (1997)
- Mama Cat Has Three Kittens (1998)
- The Everything Book (2000)
- Pumpkin Eye (2001)
- Alphabet Under Construction (2002)
- Buster (2003)
- The First Day of Winter (2005)
- The Cow Who Clucked (2006)
- Beetle Bop (2007)
- Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp (2008)
- Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy (2010)
- SHOUT! Shout it out! (2011)
- underGROUND (2012)
- Go, Shapes, Go! (2013)
- Maggie and Michael Get Dressed (2016)
- 5 Little Ducks (2016)
- This Is the Nest That Robin Built (2018)
See also
References
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↑
"Denise Fleming (1950-)".
Something about the author. Volume 306
. Kumar, Lisa. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale. 2017. p.
49.
ISBN
9781410324498
.
OCLC
969999076
.
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: CS1 maint: others ( link ) - ↑ "In the tall, tall grass" Archived 2016-04-04 at the Wayback Machine . WorldCat . Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ↑ "In the Tall, Tall Grass | Denise Fleming | Macmillan" . US Macmillan . Retrieved 2020-01-25 .
- 1 2 "Denise Fleming | Authors" . Macmillan . Archived from the original on 2019-01-05 . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
- ↑ "ChLA Home" . www.childlitassn.org . Archived from the original on 2020-09-24 . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
- 1 2 "underGROUND by Denise Fleming" . Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
- ↑ "ALSC announces 2002 Notable Children's Videos" . American Library Association . 2007-02-26. Archived from the original on 2016-03-17 . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
- ↑ Danielson, Julie (2016-05-12). "Denise Fleming Gets Inspired" . Kirkus Reviews . Archived from the original on 2021-05-07 . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
- 1 2 3 4 "Booklists" . Cooperative Children's Book Center . Archived from the original on 2022-11-27 . Retrieved 2023-03-06 .
- ↑ "Alphabet Under Construction | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . November 8, 2009. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07 . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
- ↑ Schulte-Cooper, Laura (2007-02-26). "2003 Notable Children's Books announced" . American Library Association . Archived from the original on 2016-03-17 . Retrieved 2023-03-07 .
External links
- Official website
- Fleming at Kidsread
- Fleming at Scholastic
- Denise Fleming at Library of Congress , with 32 library catalog records
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