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Fleming, Candace. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Illus. by G. Brian Karas. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002.

1 v. (unpaged): col. ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0-689-83152-8; LCCN: 99-24882. Picture Book: Dewey: [E] / RL: 2.7 (Follett), 2.4 (AR).

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For Teachers and Librarians

Candace Fleming has a number award-winning books to  her credit. Her understanding of both history and humans makes her books appealing and satisfying.

Fleming, Candace. Ben Franklin's Almanac : Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003. (973.3) RL  5.2 Brings together eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin. Includes bibliography and index.

Fleming, Candace. A Big Cheese for the White House: the True Tale of a Tremendous Cheddar. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004, c1999. (-E-) RL 3.5  In 1801, the townspeople of Cheshire, Massachusetts, create a gigantic cheddar cheese to present to President Jefferson at his New Year's Day party.

Fleming, Candace. Boxes for Katje. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. (-E-) RL 4.5 After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.

Fleming, Candace. Gabriella's Song.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997. (-E-) RL 3.5 A young girl finds music all around her as she walks about the city of Venice, Italy, and she shares her song with everyone she meets.

Fleming, Candace.Gator Gumbo: a Spicy-Hot Tale. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004. (-E-) RL 4.8 A hungry alligator, slow with age, hopes to catch some good meat to add to his spicy gumbo.

Fleming, Candace. The Hatmaker's Sign : a Story by Benjamin Franklin. Scholastic, 2004, c1998. (-E-) RL 4.2 To heal the hurt pride of Thomas Jefferson as Congress makes changes to his Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin tells his friend the story of a hatmaker and his sign.

Fleming, Candace. Smile, Lily!  Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004. (-E-) RL 2.7 Family members try everything to stop the baby Lily from crying.

Fleming, Candace. This is the Baby. Melanie Kroupa Books, c2003. (-E-) RL 2.7. Cumulative rhyme modeled after "This is the House that Jack Built" enumerating the clothes that go on baby, from diaper to hat and sweater, while baby resists the entire process.

Fleming, Candace.When Agnes Caws. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1999. (-E-) RL 4.6 When eight-year-old Agnes Peregrine, an accomplished birdcaller, travels with her parents to the Himalayas in search of the elusive pink-headed duck, she encounters a dastardly foe.

Fleming, Candace. Who invited you? Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001. (-E-) RL 3.7 A rhyming counting tale in which Possum, Skunk, Frog, and other animals join a procession through the swamp, one with a potentially dangerous conclusion.

Author: Candace Fleming

Candace Fleming at Simon Says (Click to Read a Biographical Sketch)

Candace Fleming is an Illinois author who spent part of her growing up years in Charleston, Il. As a matter of fact, she attended the same grade school where the chair of the Monarch Award, Pam Storm, is currently the library media specialist. It is often a small world. Candace now lives in a suburb of Chicago with husband and two sons.

   Illustrator: G. Brian Karas

Drawing from G. Brian Karas Website used for educational purposes only.

Mr. Karas lives in Rhinebeck, New York. No picture of Mr. Karas appears on his website, but we can surmise that he looks something like the illustration above.

• G. Brian Karas Website : includes titles, original artwork, information on school visits, more.
• List of books written and/or illustrated by G. Brian Karas.  The list was developed by the youth services librarians at the Spokane (WA) Public Library. Thanks, Spokane!
• Talking with artists. Volume three : conversations with Peter Catalanotto, Raul Colon, Lisa Desimini, Jane Dyer, Kevin Hawkes, G. Brian Karas, Betsy Lewin, Ted Lewin, Keiko Narahashi, Elise Primavera, Anna Rich, Peter Sis, Paul O. Zelinsky / compiled and edited by Pat Cummings. Clarion, 1999.

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Other Rabbits and Gardeners (Mostly)

The interaction between rabbits and people can be surprising for both. These stories all deal with people and their rabbity relationships.  Compare for fun and frolic.

Lee, Ho Baek. While We Were Out. Kane/Miller, 2003. (-E-) RL 3.5. An open patio door gives a pet rabbit who lives outside a once-in-a-lifetime chance to explore the apartment while the family's away--which she does, thinking she's left no trace of her adventure.

Oller, Erika. The Cabbage Soup Solution. Dutton Children's Books, c2004. (-E-) RL 5.5. Elsie lives a simple life on a small farm, growing things that she sells to the green grocer, but one night half of her cabbages disappear and her cats, Fluff and Gordo, find the culprits and make them set things right.

Posey, Lee. Night Rabbits. Peachtree, c1999. (-E-)
RL 4.5. When her father becomes annoyed with the rabbits that are eating his carefully tended lawn at their summer cabin, Elizabeth tries to decide how to help because she loves the rabbits.

Potter, Beatrix. 1866-1943. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Puffin, 1992? (-E-)  RL 3.9. Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.

Peters, Lisa Westberg. We're Rabbits! Harcourt, c2004. (-E-)  RL 2.5. Rabbits invade a young gardener's garden in the hopes of finding carrots to eat.