New Releases by Denise Fleming

Fifteen children''s book artists, including Joey Chou, Eric Fan, and Denise Fleming, share their favorite bugs and explain why they love them.

A robin’s animal friends help build her nest in this cumulative collage picture book from Caldecott Honor recipient Denise Fleming. Robin is building a nest, and her friends are ready to help! The squirrel trims the twigs. The dog brings the string. The horse shares his straw. And then a surprise gatefold spread reveals how Robin knits them all together to make a safe and cozy home for her babies.

Each day, Papa Duck goes out with his ducklings but on Monday only four come back, on Tuesday only three, but on Saturday all return when he calls and on Sunday, they stay home and rest.

Denise Fleming''s Maggie and Michael Get Dressed is a sweet concept book about a boy getting dressed in colorful clothing, with an adorable canine helper. It''s time for Michael to get dressed! Maggie will help. Michael knows where each piece of colorful clothing should go. Yellow socks on feet, brown hat on head. But who will end up wearing the blue pants?

Circles, rectangles, ovals, arcs, and other shapes have fun moving about, along with a mischievous mouse that wants to play, too, in this picture book from a Caldecott Honoree. Full color.

Illustrations and rhyming text describe the activities of animals living in and near a small pond as spring progresses to autumn.

Illustrations and rhyming text reveal the great variety of beetles and their swirling, humming, crashing activities.

A cow goes in search of her lost moo and finds that hen has it.

A snowman comes alive as the child building it adds pieces during the first ten days of winter.

Publisher Description

An artist''s approach to introducing the alphabet Mouse airbrushes the A, buttons the B, carves the C . . . Mouse is hard at work constructing each letter of the alphabet. He dyes the D, erases the E, and folds the F. Mouse works his way right through to Z, constructing an alphabet that surpasses even the wildest artistic imagination. A bright, beautiful concept book from best selling picture book Denise Fleming.

This warmhearted story features animals of the forest settling down for their winter nap. But like children who must go to bed for the night, they each find a way to put if off just a little bit longer. Full-color illustrations.

A Halloween story with just the right amount of spookiness for preschoolers. Trick or treat, pounding feet, jack o''lanterns line the street. It''s Halloween night! The rising moon lights the way for trick-or-treaters and sets the mood for a spooky celebration where imagination rules. Award-winning author/artist Denise Fleming turns her talents to every child''s favorite holiday.

This collection of simple works introduces colors, shapes, numbers, animals, food, and nursery rhymes. "The Everything Book" is a complete preschool library in one volume. Full-color illustrations. Baby/Preschool.

While two kittens copy everything their mother does, their brother naps.

One hungry mouse peeks out of his hole and sniffs ... LUNCH! Children can guess what fruit or vegetable comes next as the voracious rodent munches his way through yellow corn, green peas, orange carrots, and the rest of the colors vibrantly represented by Denise Fleming''s unique, eye-catching style.

From pasture to hayloft, cows moo, kittens mew, hens cluck, and pigs muck. But Goose is hiding. An energetic text filled with rhyming barnyard noises invites young readers to chime in. Children will also enjoy playing hide-and-seek with Goose, who appears on every spread. Full color.

The antics of lively and colorful animals present the numbers one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty.

Examines the many forms of wildlife that can be displaced if their environment is destroyed by development, and discusses how communities and schools can provide spaces for them to live.

A toddler''s view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles. Preschool to grade 2.