Denise Fleming

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.

Selected works
  • 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! (2014)
  • Maggie and Michael Get Dressed (2016)
  • 5 Little Ducks (2016)
  • This Is the Nest That Robin Built (2018)

References
  1. "Denise Fleming (1950-)". Something about the author. Volume 306. Kumar, Lisa. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale. 2017. p. 49. ISBN 9781410324498. OCLC 969999076.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "In the tall, tall grass". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  3. "In the Tall, Tall Grass | Denise Fleming | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  4. http://us.macmillan.com/author/denisefleming
  5. "Phoenix Picture Book Award". Children's Literature Association. 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-10.


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