Deborah Diesen Explained

Notable Works:	Pout-Pout Fish book series
Deborah Diesen
Genre:	Children's literature
Language:	English
Occupation:	Author, writer
Nationality:	American

Deborah Diesen is an American children's book author. Her book The Pout-Pout Fish was chosen by Time magazine as a Top 10 Children's Book of 2008.^[1] It was also selected for the Michigan Reads! literacy program.^[2]

Diesen lives in Grand Ledge, Michigan.^[3] In addition to a writer, she is the financial manager for a nonprofit.^[4]

Bibliography

The Pout-Pout Fish

Illustrated by Dan Hanna and published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux 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 Faces, 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, Tricycle Press, 2010
• Picture Day Perfection, illustrated by Dan Santat, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013
• Catch a Kiss, illustrated by Kris Aro McLeod, Sleeping Bear Press, 2016
• Bloom, illustrated by Mary Lundquistg, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2017
• Pippa and Percival, Pancake and Poppy: Four Peppy Puppies, illustrated by Grace Zong, Sleeping Bear Press, 2018
• Hello, Fall!, illustrated by Lucy Fleming, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2018

External links

• • Author's page at Macmillan

Notes and References

1. Goehner. Amy Lennard. November 3, 2008. Top Ten Children's Books. . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130822214439/https://time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1855948_1863719_1863750,00.html. August 22, 2013.
2. Web site: August 3, 2009 . Library of Michigan Hopes to Hook Young Readers with Deborah Diesen's 'The Pout-Pout Fish' . February 23, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111224173844/https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0%2C4615%2C7-140-54574_20585-219319--%2C00.html . December 24, 2011 .
3. Web site: Castanier . Bill . November 3, 2010 . Kid's author goes to the deep dark ocean . Lansing Online News . February 23, 2015.
4. Web site: DuMouchel . Leah . May 5, 2010 . Deborah Diesen and 'The Pout-Pout Fish' spread cheery-cheeries to the Ann Arbor District Library . AnnArbor.com . February 24, 2015.