Awards & Winners

Denise Fleming

Date of Birth 31-January-1950
Place of Birth Toledo
(Ohio, Lucas County, United States of America, Area codes 419 and 567, Area code 419, Area code 567)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer, Illustrator
Denise K. Fleming is an American creator of children's picture books. She was born in Toledo, Ohio. She graduated in illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her first book, In the Tall, Tall Grass, was published by Henry Holt and Company in 1991. According to one library summary, "Rhymed text presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles." It was critically well received and its sequel, In the Small, Small Pond, was a runner-up for the 1994 Caldecott Medal. 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.

Awards by Denise Fleming

Check all the awards nominated and won by Denise Fleming.

1994


Caldecott Medal
Honored for : In the Small, Small Pond

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Caldecott Medal In the Small, Small Pond