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  • In the Tall, Tall Grass

In the Tall, Tall Grass

Author
Denise Fleming
Illustrator
Denise Fleming
Publication Date
March 15, 1995
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
In the Tall, Tall Grass
Description
If you were a caterpillar crawling through the tall, tall grass, what would you see? Beginning in the morning and ending as the moon rises above, this full-color backyard tour is one no child will want to miss. An ALA Notable Book, School Library Journal Best Book, American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, and Booklist Editors' Choice.
Publication date
March 15, 1995
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805039412
Publisher
Square Fish
BISAC categories
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General

Publishers Weekly

Singling out the "array of vibrant verbs and boisterous onomatopeia" and the "kaleidoscope effect" of the textured paper collages, PW called Caldecott Honor artist Fleming's caterpillar safari "ideal for sharing with young explorers." Ages 2-6. (Mar.)
Denise Fleming

Denise Fleming has written and illustrated many children's books, including "In the Tall, Tall Grass," "Shout! Shout It Out"!, and "Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy." She won a Caldecott Honor for "In the Small, Small Pond." Denise published her first painting in the third grade, when she started taking classes at the Toledo Museum of Art and one of her paintings was chosen to be the cover of a teacher's magazine. She now works primarily with paper, by pouring colored paper pulp through hand-cut stencils. She lives in Toledo, Ohio.

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