Candace Fleming

Candace Groth Fleming (born May 24, 1962)[1] is an American writer of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction.[2]

Fleming in 2015.

Candace Groth was born in Michigan City, Indiana. She married Scott Fleming. From 1997 to 2005, she was a teacher at William Rainey Harper College near Chicago. Since that time, she has worked full-time as a writer, educator, and speaker.[1]

Her first picture book Professor Fergus Fahrenheit and his Wonderful Weather Machine was published by Simon & Schuster in 1994 as written by "Candace Groth-Fleming" and illustrated by Don Weller (LCCN 93-4432). Subsequent publications have all appeared under the name Candace Fleming.[1]

Fleming is the author of more than twenty books for children and young adults, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize honored The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of the Russian Empire; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award-winning biography, The Lincolns; the bestselling picture book, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!; and the beloved Boxes for Katje. [3] The bibliography below lists each of her published works.

Selected awards
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature for The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (2014)[4]
  • NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (2014)[5]
  • Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for nonfiction for The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (2014)[6]
  • Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for The Lincolns (2009)[7][8]
  • Golden Kite Award for Amelia Lost: The Life And Disappearance Of Amelia Earhart (2012)[9]
  • Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award (2014)[10]
  • California Young Reader Medal for Boxes for Katje (2006)[11]

Bibliography

Picture Books

  • Professor Ferguson Fahrenheit and his Wonderful Weather Machine (1994)
  • Women of the Lights (1995), illustrated by James Watling
  • Madame LaGrande and Her So High, to the Sky, Uproarious Pompadour (1996), illustrated by S.D. Schindler
  • Gabriella's Song (1997), illustrated by Giselle Potter
  • Westward Ho, Carlotta! (1997), illustrated by David Catrow
  • The Hatmaker's Sign (1998), illustrated by Robert A. Parker
  • When Agnes Caws (1999), illustrated by Giselle Potter
  • A Big Cheese for the White House: The True Tale of a Tremendous Cheddar (1999), illustrated by S.D. Schindler
  • Who Invited You? (2001), illustrated by George Booth
  • Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! (2002), illustrated by G. Brian Karas
  • Boxes for Katje (2003), illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen
  • Smile, Lily! (2004), illustrated by Yumi Heo
  • Gator Gumbo: A Spicy-Hot Tale (2004), illustrated by Sally Anne Lambert
  • This Is the Baby (2004), illustrated by Maggie Smith
  • Sunny Boy!: The Life and Times of a Tortoise (2005), illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
  • Tippy-Tippy-Tippy
    • Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide! (2007), illustrated by G. Brian Karas
    • Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Splash! (2014), illustrated by G. Brian Karas
  • Imogene's Last Stand (2009), illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
  • Seven Hungry Babies (2010), illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
  • Clever Jack Takes the Cake (2010), illustrated by G. Brian Karas
  • Oh, No! (2012), illustrated by Eric Rohmann [12][13]
  • Papa's Mechanical Fish (2013), illustrated by Boris Kolikov
  • Bulldozer
  • Go Sleep In Your Own Bed! (2017), illustrated by Lori Nichols
  • Emma's Circus (2017), illustrated by Christine Davenier
  • The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell (2018), illustrated by Gérard DuBois

Fiction

  • Aesop Elementary
  • Lowji Discovers America (2005)
  • On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave (2010)
  • History Pals
    • Ben Franklin's in My Bathroom! (2017), illustrated by Marc Fearing
    • Eleanor Roosevelt's in My Garage! (2018), illustrated by Marc Fearing
  • Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen (2018), illustrated by Eric Rohmann

Non-fiction

  • Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life (2003)
  • Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life (2005)
  • The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary (2008)[14]
  • The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum (2009)
  • Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart (2011)
  • The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (2014)
  • Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West (2016)
  • Giant Squid(2016), illustrated by Eric Rohmann

Anthologies

References
  1. "Fleming, Candace". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
  2. "Interview: Candace Fleming – Author". Reading is Fundamental. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  3. "Author's website". Candace Fleming's website. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  4. "Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature 2014". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  5. "NCTE Orbis Pictus Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  6. "Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  7. "Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards". Horn Book. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  8. "The 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winners". About.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  9. "A Golden Kite for Candace Fleming". SCBWI. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  10. "Candace Fleming 2014 Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award Winner". Children's Book Guild. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  11. "2006 Winners". CYRM. Archived from the original on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  12. Paul, Pamela. "Animal Catastrophe". NYT. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  13. "'Oh, No!' by Candace Fleming". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  14. "The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf: 100 Must-Reads For Kids 9-14". NPR. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  15. "Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.