Candace Fleming
{{Short description|American children's writer (born 1962)}}
{{Infobox author
| image = Candace Fleming at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival on August 24, 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Fleming in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|May 24, 1962}}
| birth_place = Michigan City, Indiana
| spouse = Scott Fleming 1985 - ?Eric Rohmann
| children = 2
| alma_mater = Eastern Illinois University
| awards = {{plainlist}}
- Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (2009, 2014)
- Cybils Award (2011, 2014, 2016)
- Golden Kite Award (2012, 2015)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2014)
- NCTE Orbis Pictus Award (2015)
- Sibert Medal (2021)
- YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction (2021)
{{endplainlist}}
}}
Candace Groth Fleming (born May 24, 1962){{Cite web |title=Fleming, Candace |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/n93038434 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Library of Congress |archive-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412110658/https://lccn.loc.gov/n93038434 |url-status=live }} is an American writer of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction.{{cite web |title=Meet the Authors and Illustrators |url=http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/fleming.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118075252/http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/fleming.htm |archive-date=2014-01-18 |accessdate=2013-12-18 |website=Reading is Fundamental |publisher=}} She is the author of more than twenty books for children and young adults, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-honored The Family Romanov and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award-winning biography, The Lincolns, among others.
In 2013, the Children's Book Council named Fleming a Children's Book Month Champion,{{Cite web |date=2013-09-19 |title=2013 Picture Book Month Champions Revealed |url=https://www.cbcbooks.org/2013/09/19/2013-picture-book-month-champions-revealed/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Children's Book Council |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812062636/https://www.cbcbooks.org/2013/09/19/2013-picture-book-month-champions-revealed/ |url-status=live }} and in 2014, Fleming was awarded the Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award.{{cite web |title=Candace Fleming 2014 Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award Winner |url=http://www.childrensbookguild.org/nonfiction-award/2014-winner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206054050/http://www.childrensbookguild.org/nonfiction-award/2014-winner |archive-date=2013-12-06 |accessdate=2013-12-18 |website=Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C. |publisher=}} In 2016, she was a finalist for the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, which "celebrates the importance of children's and young-adult literature and the impact it has on our children's minds."{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-06-21 |title=Awards: CILIP Carnegie, Kate Greenaway; Neustadt Children's Lit |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2779 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804022710/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2779 |url-status=live }} Thirty-two of her books are Junior Library Guild selections.{{Cite web |title=Book Detail |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detail?type=books&search=Candace+Fleming |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Junior Library Guild}}
Biography
Fleming was born May 24, 1962, in Michigan City, Indiana to Charles and Carol Groth.{{Cite web |title=Fleming, Candace 1962– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/fleming-candace-1962 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Encyclopedia.com |archive-date=2022-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211173753/https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/fleming-candace-1962 |url-status=live }} She received a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University in 1985. She married Scott Fleming November 9, 1985 and has two children, Scott and Michael, with him.
From 1997 to 2005, Fleming was a teacher at William Rainey Harper College near Chicago. Since that time, she has worked full-time as a writer, educator, and speaker.
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|93004432}}). Subsequent publications have all appeared under the name Candace Fleming.
Selected texts
= ''The Lincolns'' (2008) =
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, published October 14, 2008 by Schwartz & Wade, is a nonfiction children's book about Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary. The book is a Junior Library Guild selection.{{Cite web |title=The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=97802375836183J&name=Lincolns_Spymaster |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Junior Library Guild}} The Horn Book Magazine,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-12-05 |title=Horn Book Fanfare 1938 to present |url=https://www.hbook.com/story/bookreviews/horn-book-fanfare-1938-to-present |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=The Horn Book |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320225503/https://www.hbook.com/story/bookreviews/horn-book-fanfare-1938-to-present |url-status=live }} Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal named it one of the best nonfiction children's books of 2008.
= ''The Great and Only Barnum'' (2009) =
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum, published September 8, 2009 by Schwartz & Wade and illustrated by Ray Fenwick, is a nonfiction children's picture book about P. T. Barnum. The book is a Junior Library Guild selection.{{Cite web |title=The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780375945977J&name=Great_and_Only_Barnum |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Junior Library Guild}} Publishers Weekly named it one of the best children's books of 2009.{{Cite web |title=Best Books 2009 |url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2009/childrens-nonfiction |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2022-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130161159/https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2009/childrens-nonfiction |url-status=live }} In 2010, Booklist included The Great and Only Barnum on their "Top 10 Biographies for Youth" list.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Ilene |date=2010-06-01 |title=Top 10 Biographies for Youth: 2010 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=4236857 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2020-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001180901/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=4236857 |url-status=live }}
= ''Amelia Lost'' (2011) =
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart, published February 8, 2011 by Schwartz & Wade, is a nonfiction middle-grade children's book about Amelia Earhart. In 2011, The Horn Book Magazine named it one of the best nonfiction children's books of the year, and Bank Street College of Education named it a book of outstanding merit for children aged nine to twelve{{Cite web |title=Best Children's Books of the Year, Nine to Twelve, 2012 Edition |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet_web/media/filer_public/2012/04/30/2012ninetotwelve.pdf |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Bank Street College of Education |archive-date=2021-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224193803/https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet_web/media/filer_public/2012/04/30/2012ninetotwelve.pdf |url-status=live }} and twelve to fourteen.{{Cite web |title=Best Children's Books of the Year, Twelve to Fourteen, 2012 Edition |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet_web/media/filer_public/filer_public/2014/06/10/2012twelvetofourteen.pdf |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Bank Street College of Education |archive-date=2021-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813222419/https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet_web/media/filer_public/filer_public/2014/06/10/2012twelvetofourteen.pdf |url-status=live }}
= ''Oh, No!'' (2012) =
Oh, No!, published September 11, 2012 and illustrated by Eric Rohmann, is a fictional picture book about a series of animals who fall into a hole. Bank Street College of Education named it one of the best books of the year for children age five to nine.{{Cite web |title=Best Children's Books of the Year, Five to Nine, 2013 Edition |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet_web/media/filer_public/filer_public/2013/06/19/2013five-to-nine.pdf |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Bank Street College of Education |archive-date=2021-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813222425/https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet_web/media/filer_public/filer_public/2013/06/19/2013five-to-nine.pdf |url-status=live }}
= ''The Family Romanov'' (2014) =
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, published July 8, 2014 by Schwartz & Wade, is a nonfiction children's book about the Romanovs.
Both the book and audiobook editions of The Family Romanov are Junior Library Guild selections.{{Cite web |title=The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780375967825J&name=Family_Romanov |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Junior Library Guild}}{{Cite web |title=The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (Audiobook) by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781936129515J&name=Family_Romanov_(Audiobook) |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2021-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202000219/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781936129515J&name=Family_Romanov_(Audiobook) |url-status=live }} In 2014, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,{{Cite web |title=2014 Blue Ribbons |url=https://bccb.ischool.illinois.edu/blueribbons/2014-blue-ribbons/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925233249/https://bccb.ischool.illinois.edu/blueribbons/2014-blue-ribbons/ |url-status=live }} The Horn Book Magazine, School Library Journal{{Cite web |last= |date=2014-11-14 |title=Best Books 2014: The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia{{!}} Nonfiction |url=https://www.slj.com/story/best-books-2014-the-family-romanov-murder-rebellion-and-the-fall-of-imperial-russia-nonfiction |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=School Library Journal |archive-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412110715/https://www.slj.com/story/best-books-2014-the-family-romanov-murder-rebellion-and-the-fall-of-imperial-russia-nonfiction |url-status=live }} named it of the best nonfiction children's books of the year. Publishers Weekly named it one of the best young adult books of the year.{{Cite web |title=Best Books of 2014 |url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2014/young-adult |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2022-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814035216/https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2014/young-adult |url-status=live }} Booklist included it on their 2014 "Top of the List"{{Cite web |date=2014-12-18 |title=Top of the List: 2014 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Top-of-the-List/pid=7280434 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2023-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407032316/https://www.booklistonline.com/Top-of-the-List/pid=7280434 |url-status=live }} and 2015 "Top 10 Biographies for Youth" lists.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Ilene |date=2015-06-01 |title=Top 10 Biographies for Youth: 2015 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=7521555 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2022-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122153507/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=7521555 |url-status=live }} School Library Journal included the audiobook edition in their list of the top ten best audiobooks of the year.{{Cite web |last=Klose |first=Stephanie |date=2014-12-17 |title=SLJ's Top 10 Audiobooks 2014 |url=https://www.slj.com/story/sljs-top-10-audiobooks-2014 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=School Library Journal |archive-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412110716/https://www.slj.com/story/sljs-top-10-audiobooks-2014 |url-status=live }}
= ''Giant Squid'' (2016) =
Giant Squid, published September 27, 2016 by Roaring Brook Press and illustrated by Eric Rohmann, is a nonfiction children's book about giant squids. Giant Squid is a Junior Library Guild book.{{Cite web |title=Giant Squid by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781596435995J&name=Giant_Squid |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Junior Library Guild}} In 2016, Horn Book Magazine and the New York Public Library{{Cite web |date=2016-11-28 |title=New York Public Library Reveals its List of Best Books for Kids and Teens Just in Time for The Holidays |url=https://www.cbcbooks.org/2016/11/28/new-york-public-library-reveals-its-list-of-best-books-for-kids-and-teens-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Children's Book Council |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205004432/https://www.cbcbooks.org/2016/11/28/new-york-public-library-reveals-its-list-of-best-books-for-kids-and-teens-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/ |url-status=live }} named it one of the best nonfiction children's books of the year. In 2017, Bank Street College of Education named it one of the best books for children ages five to nine.{{Cite web |title=Best Children's Books of the Year, Five to Nine, 2017 Edition |url=https://d2mguk73h8xisw.cloudfront.net/media/filer_public/filer_public/2017/04/05/2017_5_to_9__list_for_the_web_1508.pdf |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Bank Street College of Education |archive-date=2021-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224193604/https://d2mguk73h8xisw.cloudfront.net/media/filer_public/filer_public/2017/04/05/2017_5_to_9__list_for_the_web_1508.pdf |url-status=live }}
= ''Honeybee'' (2020) =
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera, published February 4, 2020 by Neal Porter Books and illustrated by Eric Rohmann, is a nonfiction picture book about honey bees. Honeybee is a Junior Library Guild book.{{Cite web |title=Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780823442850J&name=Honeybee_(S20) |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2021-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307084430/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780823442850J&name=Honeybee_(S20) |url-status=live }} Publishers Weekly{{Cite web |title=Best Books 2020 |url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2020/picture-books |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2023-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211191010/https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2020/picture-books |url-status=live }} and Shelf Awareness{{Cite web |date=2020-11-24 |title=Shelf Awareness's Best Children's & Teen Books of 2020 |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=973 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203162101/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=973 |url-status=live }} named it one of the best picture books of 2020, and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books{{Cite web |title=2020 Blue Ribbons |url=https://bccb.ischool.illinois.edu/blueribbons/2020-blue-ribbons/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210211900/https://bccb.ischool.illinois.edu/blueribbons/2020-blue-ribbons/ |archive-date=2022-02-10 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |language=en-US}} and Horn Book Magazine included it on their list of the best nonfiction children's books of the year. Bank Street College of Education named it a book of outstanding merit for children aged nine to twelve.{{Cite web |title=The Best Children's Books of the Year, Nine to Twelve |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-Best-Children%E2%80%99s-Books-2021-Edition-books-published-2020-Nine-to-Twelve.pdf |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Bank Street College of Education |archive-date=2021-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916121752/https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-Best-Children%E2%80%99s-Books-2021-Edition-books-published-2020-Nine-to-Twelve.pdf |url-status=live }}
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Awards for Honeybee !Year !Award !Result !Ref. |
| 2020
|Cybils Award for Elementary Nonfiction |Finalist |
| rowspan="3" |2021
|NCTE Cook Prize |Honor |{{Cite web |title=Past Winners |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/the-cook-prize/past-winners/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Bank Street College of Education |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929235220/https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/the-cook-prize/past-winners/ |url-status=live }} |
| NCTE Orbis Pictus Award
|Honor |
| Sibert Medal
|Winner |
= ''The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh'' (2020) =
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh, published February 11, 2020 by Schwartz & Wade, is a nonfiction children's book about Charles Lindbergh.
Both the book and audiobook editions of The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh are Junior Library Guild selections.{{Cite web |title=The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780525646556J&name=Rise_and_Fall_of_Charles_Lindbergh |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2021-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307091154/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780525646556J&name=Rise_and_Fall_of_Charles_Lindbergh |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh (Audiobook) by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781970040401J&name=Rise_and_Fall_of_Charles_Lindbergh_(Audiobook) |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2021-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028181203/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781970040401J&name=Rise_and_Fall_of_Charles_Lindbergh_(Audiobook) |url-status=live }} Publishers Weekly named it one of the best young adult books of 2020,{{Cite web |title=Best Books 2020 |url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2020/young-adult |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2022-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517175319/https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2020/young-adult |url-status=live }} and Booklist included it on their 2020 "Top 10 Biographies for Youth" list.{{Cite web |last=Khuri |first=Ronny |date=2020-06-01 |title=Top 10 Biographies for Youth: 2020 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9736621 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2022-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203064650/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9736621 |url-status=live }} The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Horn Book Magazine, and School Library Journal{{Cite web |last1=Abdul |first1=Alicia |last2=Grange |first2=Heidi |last3=Helwick |first3=Kacy |last4=Knight |first4=Jennifer |last5=Willoughby |first5=Vanessa |date=2020-11-23 |title=Best Nonfiction 2020 |url=https://www.slj.com/story/best-nonfiction-2020-slj-best-books |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=School Library Journal |archive-date=2022-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925114431/https://www.slj.com/story/best-nonfiction-2020-slj-best-books |url-status=live }} included it on their lists of the best nonfiction children's books of the year.
Publications
= 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{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/candace-fleming/imogenes-last-stand/ |title=IMOGENE'S LAST STAND {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}
- 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{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Pamela |date=2012-11-07 |title=Animal Catastrophe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/books/oh-no-by-candace-fleming-and-eric-rohmann.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113173119/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/books/oh-no-by-candace-fleming-and-eric-rohmann.html |archive-date=2012-11-13 |accessdate=2013-12-18 |website=The New York Times |publisher=}}{{cite web |date=2012-12-03 |title='Oh, No!' by Candace Fleming |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/12/03/oh-no-by-candace-fleming/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127094537/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-03/features/ct-books-1114-kids-fleming_1_hungry-tiger-frog-relief-prints |archive-date=2013-01-27 |access-date=2013-12-18 |website=Chicago Tribune |publisher=}}
- Papa's Mechanical Fish (2013), illustrated by Boris Kolikov
- Bulldozer
- Bulldozer's Big Day (2015), illustrated by Eric Rohmann
- Bulldozer Helps Out (2017), illustrated by Eric Rohmann
- 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
- The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School (2005)
- The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School (2010)
- 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){{cite web |title=The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf: 100 Must-Reads For Kids 9-14 |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/08/05/207315023/the-ultimate-backseat-bookshelf-100-must-reads-for-kids-9-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218064044/http://www.npr.org/2013/08/05/207315023/the-ultimate-backseat-bookshelf-100-must-reads-for-kids-9-14 |archive-date=18 December 2013 |accessdate=18 December 2013 |publisher=NPR}}
- 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
- The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh (2020)
= Anthologies =
- Guys Read True Stories (2014) edited by Jon Scieszka. Contributed “A Jumbo Story” about Jumbo the elephant.
- Our Story Begins: your favorite authors and illustrators share fun, inspiring, and occasionally ridiculous things they wrote and drew as kids (2017) edited by Elissa Brent Weissman.
- Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All (2018) concept by Candace Fleming. Written by M. T. Anderson (Henry VIII), Candace Fleming (Katharine of Aragon), Stephanie Hemphill (Anne Boleyn), Lisa Ann Sandell (Jane Seymour), Jennifer Donnelly (Anna of Cleves), Linda Sue Park (Catherine Howard), and Deborah Hopkinson (Kateryn Parr).{{cite web |title=Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549990/fatal-throne-the-wives-of-henry-viii-tell-all-by-candace-fleming/9781524716196/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030234/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549990/fatal-throne-the-wives-of-henry-viii-tell-all-by-candace-fleming/9781524716196/ |archive-date=26 June 2018 |accessdate=25 June 2018 |website=Penguin Random House}}
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External links
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- [http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/405d0320-ce0a-44ab-af95-2378313c27bc/405d0320-ce0a-44ab-af95-2378313c27bc/ Candace Fleming on PBS LearningMedia]
- {{LCAuth|n93038434|Candace Fleming|36|}}
- [http://www.princeton.edu/cotsen/gallery-programs/bibliofiles/#comp000052ecc2300000000f207630 Princeton University, Cotsen Children's Library]
- [http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/flemingc Reading Rockets interview]
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