Deborah Diesen is an American children's book author. Her book ''The Pout-Pout Fish'' was chosen by ''

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'' magazine as a Top 10 Children's Book of 2008. It was also selected for the Michigan Reads!

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program. Diesen lives in

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. In addition to a writer, she is the

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for a

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Bibliography

''The Pout-Pout Fish''

Illustrated by Dan Hanna and published by

Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. FSG is known for publishing literary books, and its authors have won numerous awards, including Pulitzer ...

Books for Young Readers *Picture books **''The Pout-Pout Fish'', 2008 **''The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark'', 2010 **''The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School'', 2014 **''The Pout-Pout Fish Learns to Read'', 2015 **''The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish'', 2015 **''The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark'', 2017 **''The Pout-Pout Fish Far, Far from Home'', 2017 **''Pout-Pout Fish: Easter Surprise'', 2018 **''The Pout-Pout Fish and the Can't-Sleep Blues'', 2018 **''Pout-Pout Fish: Lucky Leprechaun'', 2019 **''Pout-Pout Fish: Back to School'', 2019 **''Pout-Pout Fish: Haunted House'', 2019 **''Be Thankful, Pout-Pout Fish'', 2019 **''Pout-Pout Fish: Christmas Spirit'', 2019 **''The Pout-Pout Fish Cleans Up the Ocean'', 2019 **''Pout-Pout Fish: Special Valentine'', 2019 **''Pout-Pout Fish Goes to the Doctor'', 2020 **''Pout-Pout Fish: Goes to the Dentist'', 2020 **''5-Minute Pout-Pout Fish Stories'', 2020 **''The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale'', 2022 *Board books **''Smile, Pout-Pout Fish'', 2014 **''Sweet Dreams, Pout-Pout Fish'', 2015 **''Kiss, Kiss, Pout-Pout Fish'', 2015 **''Trick or Treat, Pout-Pout Fish'', 2016 **''Happy Easter, Pout-Pout Fish'', 2017 **''The Pout-Pout Fish Halloween Face''s, 2018 **''Happy Hanukkah, Pout-Pout Fish'', 2020 *Chapter books **''You Can Do It, Pout-Pout Fish!'', 2019 **''You Can Make a Friend, Pout-Pout Fish!'', 2019 **''You Can Be Kind, Pout-Pout Fish!'', 2020 **''You Can Read, Pout-Pout Fish!'', 2020 *Activity and novelty books **''Lift-the-Flap Tab: Hide and Seek, Pout-Pout Fish'', 2015 **''The Pout-Pout Fish: Wipe Clean Workbook ABC, 1-20'', 2015 **''The Pout-Pout Fish Giant Sticker Book'', 2016 **''The Pout-Pout Fish Undersea Alphabet Touch & Feel'', 2016 **''Pout-Pout Fish Wipe Clean Dot to Dot'', 2017 **''The Pout-Pout Fish Look-and-Find Book'', 2018

Others

*''The Barefooted, Bad-Tempered Baby Brigade'', illustrated by

Tracy Dockray Tracy Dockray (born 1962) is an American artist. She illustrated the current HarperCollins editions of Beverly Cleary's children's novels. Biography Tracy Dockray spent her early years growing up on the plains of Texas before moving to New York wh ...

, Tricycle Press, 2010 *''Picture Day Perfection'', illustrated by

Dan Santat Dan Santat (born 1975) is an American author and illustrator known for his children's book '' The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend'', which won the 2015 Caldecott Medal for distinguished illustration. He also wrote ''The Guild of Ge ...

Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams, formerly Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (HNA), is an American publisher of art and illustrated books, children's books, and stationery. The enterprise is a subsidiary of the French publisher La Martinière Groupe. Run by President and CEO Michael ...

, 2013 *''Catch a Kiss'', illustrated by Kris Aro McLeod,

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, 2016 *''Bloom'', illustrated by Mary Lundquistg,

Books for Young Readers, 2017 *''Pippa and Percival, Pancake and Poppy: Four Peppy Puppies'', illustrated by Grace Zong,

, 2018 *''Hello, Fall!'', illustrated by Lucy Fleming,

Books for Young Readers, 2018

References

External links

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Author's page at Macmillan
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