Deborah Diesen
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the web site of children’s book author Deborah Diesen. To send me a message, or to arrange a school, bookstore, or library visit, click here.
My book The Pout-Pout Fish, a
rhyming children's picture book illustrated by the very talented Dan Hanna and published by Farrar Straus Giroux, spent two weeks
on The New York Times Book Review Children's Picture Book Best Sellers
list and was named by Time Magazine as One
of the Ten Best Children's Books of 2008.
A sequel to The Pout-Pout Fish, called The Pout-Pout
Fish In The Big-Big Dark, just came out in August 2010. Kirkus
Reviews calls it “an entertaining read-aloud and a nice lighthearted
vehicle for dealing with fear,” and School Library Journal says, “the playful, rhyming
verse is well matched with Hanna's funny cartoon illustrations.”
The
Barefooted, Bad-Tempered Baby Brigade, illustrated by Tracy
Dockray and published by Tricycle
Press, was published in the spring of 2010. The book is funny and silly, but it’s also a sentimental
story in disguise, making it a good choice for a baby shower or new sibling
gift. Booklist calls it "a great early read-aloud, with a
thumping, rhythmic text that kids will want to hear many times over."
And School Library Journal says it's "great
fun."
Here at my site, there's an area just for kids (and the young at heart) where you can
play word games and download a fish-themed fortune-teller (a.k.a. a
"cootie catcher"). Other areas of my site have book info and free Pout-Pout activity sheet downloads for home,
bookstore, and library use. You can also find my bio and my appearances
schedule.
In addition to my site, I have a blog called Jumping the Candlestick.
At my blog, you'll
find updates and current information about me. In addition, most Mondays
on my blog, I run a profile of of a Michigan children's book author or
illustrator. The writers and illustrators of Michigan constitute one of
its great natural resources, so I always enjoy featuring one on my blog.
Thank you for stopping
by my site!