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Candace Fleming

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Children's, History, Young Adult

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I have always been a storyteller. Even before I could write my name, I could tell a good tale. And I told them all the time. As a preschooler, I told my neighbors all about my three-legged cat named Spot. In kindergarten, I told my classmates about the ghost that lived in my attic. And in first grade I told my teacher, Miss Harbart, all about my family's trip to Paris, France.

I told such a good story that people always thought I was telling the truth. But I wasn't. I didn't have a three-legged cat or a ghost in my attic, and I'd certainly never been to Paris, France. I simply enjoyed telling a good story... and seeing my listener's reaction.

Sure, some people might have said I was a seven-year old fibber. But not my parents. Instead of calli I have always been a storyteller. Even before I could write my name, I could tell a good tale. And I told them all the time. As a preschooler, I told my neighbors all about my three-legged cat named Spot. In kindergarten, I told my classmates about the ghost that lived in my attic. And in first grade I told my teacher, Miss Harbart, all about my family's trip to Paris, France.

I told such a good story that people always thought I was telling the truth. But I wasn't. I didn't have a three-legged cat or a ghost in my attic, and I'd certainly never been to Paris, France. I simply enjoyed telling a good story... and seeing my listener's reaction.

Sure, some people might have said I was a seven-year old fibber. But not my parents. Instead of calling my stories "fibs" they called them "imaginative." They encouraged me to put my stories down on paper. I did. And amazingly, once I began writing, I couldn't stop. I filled notebook after notebook with stories, poems, plays. I still have many of those notebooks. They're precious to me because they are a record of my writing life from elementary school on.

In second grade, I discovered a passion for language. I can still remember the day my teacher, Miss Johnson, held up a horn-shaped basket filled with papier-mache pumpkins and asked the class to repeat the word "cornucopia." I said it again and again, tasted the word on my lips. I tested it on my ears. That afternoon, I skipped all the way home from school chanting, "Cornucopia! Cornucopia!" From then on, I really began listening to words—to the sounds they made, and the way they were used, and how they made me feel. I longed to put them together in ways that were beautiful, and yet told a story.

As I grew, I continued to write stories. But I never really thought of becoming an author. Instead, I went to college where I discovered yet another passion—history. I didn't realize it then, but studying history is really just an extension of my love of stories. After all, some of the best stories are true ones — tales of heroism and villainy made more incredible by the fact they really happened.

After graduation, I got married and had children. I read to them a lot, and that's when I discovered the joy and music of children's books. I simply couldn't get enough of them. With my two sons in tow, I made endless trips to the library. I read stacks of books. I found myself begging, "Just one more, pleeeeease!" while my boys begged for lights-out and sleep. Then it struck me. Why not write children's books? It seemed the perfect way to combine all the things I loved: stories, musical language, history, and reading. I couldn't wait to get started.

But writing children's books is harder than it looks. For three years I wrote story after story. I sent them to publisher after publisher. And I received rejection letter after rejection letter. Still, I didn't give up. I kept trying until finally one of my stories was pulled from the slush pile and turned into a book. My career as a children's author had begun. ...more

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Bulldozer’s Big Day in Romania

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Here’s the story, presented as Leslie Hawke wrote it, for those of you who might like to found a program like this, which is highly successful!

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Average rating: 4.0 · 53,666 ratings · 9,557 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia 4.16 avg rating — 11,129 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author), Jessica Hische (Lettering) 3.81 avg rating — 7,802 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fatal Throne by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author), M.T. Anderson, Jennifer Donnelly (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 4,856 ratings — published 2018 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oh, No! by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author), Eric Rohmann (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 3,431 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author), G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 2,922 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author), G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 2,278 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author), Eric Rohmann (Illustrator) 4.55 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave 3.67 avg rating — 1,851 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author), Stacey Dressen-McQueen (Illustrator) 4.51 avg rating — 1,373 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh 4.10 avg rating — 1,149 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We may just be specters in this world, but our stories, if they are remembered and retold, become real and solid and alive... Once you hear a story, it becomes part of you. It can't die.”
― Candace Fleming, On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave

tags: immortality, memory, stories

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“Once you hear a story, it becomes part of you. It can't die.”
― Candace Fleming, On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave

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“Oh, how I prefer the honest violence of men, who will bash in another man's skull and be done, to the thousand shallow cuts of women's malice.”
― Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne

tags: bullying, men-vs-women, pain, violence

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Polls

What book about the Tudors or the Tudor world would you like to have as our Group Read for December 2020?

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

11 votes, 23.4%

Catherine of Aragon: An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife by Amy Licence

7 votes, 14.9%

After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England by Leanda de Lisle

6 votes, 12.8%

A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck by Judith Arnopp

6 votes, 12.8%

Medical Downfall of the Tudors: Sex, Reproduction & Succession by Sylvia Barbara Soberton

4 votes, 8.5%

Fatal Throne by Candace Fleming

4 votes, 8.5%

Elizabeth's Bedfellows: An Intimate History of the Queen's Court by Anna Whitelock

3 votes, 6.4%

Murder by Misrule by Anna Castle

3 votes, 6.4%

Houses of Power: The Places That Shaped The Tudor World by Simon Thurley

1 vote, 2.1%

John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey's Father-in-Law by Christine Hartweg

1 vote, 2.1%

Graven With Diamonds: The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt. Courtier, Poet, Assassin, Spy by Nicola Shulman

1 vote, 2.1%

Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince by Lisa Hilton

0 votes, 0.0%

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