You have arrived at the web site of Debbie Diesen. I am the author of The Pout-Pout Fish, a rhyming children's picture book illustrated by the talented Dan Hanna and published by Farrar Straus Giroux. I also have a forthcoming children's book called The Barefooted, Bad-Tempered Baby Brigade, which will be published by Tricycle Press in 2009 or 2010 or so.
To send me a message, or to arrange a school, bookstore, or library visit, click here.
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.
Plus there are assorted odds & ends, including fun with puns, photos of trees (and more trees), a prizeless contest, some mug shots, and more!
You can also read some of my thoughts on being a literary localvore.
The writers and illustrators of Michigan constitute one of its
great natural resources. To help you get to know them, over on my blog, every Monday I run a profile of a Michigan children's book author or illustrator.
Thank you for stopping by my site!