Have you read Denise's books?

Denise Fleming is a fabulous children's author and illustrator. Are you a fan too? Here is some more information about her!

Denise Fleming is 57 years old, married to her college sweetheart and has one daughter, Indigo. She was born in Toledo, OH, and attended Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids!

Denise was encouraged to be an artist from a young age, and has experimented with a variety of painting techniques. However, once she discovered papermaking she never went back to using a paintbrush again.

She decided to become a children’s author after her daughter was born in 1979. Her first book was published in 1991. She won a Caldecott Honor Medal in 1994 for In the Small, Small Pond. She has since published 13 books and has more in the works.