Candace Fleming is the prolific author of The Great and Only Barnum, a YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction nominee and a Publishers Weekly and Booklist Best Book; The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award recipient; Our Eleanor, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and Ben Franklin's Almanac, a James Madison Honor Book. She is also the author of many highly acclaimed picture books.

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Oh, No!
Written by Candace Fleming
Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
Hardcover

"This picture book reads like an instant classic... Oh, yes!" raved Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.

Young children will delight in repeating the refrain "OH, NO!" as one animal after another falls into a deep, deep hole in this lively read-aloud. This simple and irresistible picture book by hugely popular picture... Read More
 

Also available as a hardcover library binding.

The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Written by Candace Fleming
Trade Paperback

In the sequel to The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by award-winning author Candace Fleming, Mr. Jupiter's rambunctious students are fifth graders now . . . and they rule the school! Bernadette Braggadoccio stirs things up when her investigative reporting for the school's TV station reveals some scandalous stuff... Read More
 

Also available as an eBook, hardcover and a hardcover library binding.

On the Day I Died
Written by Candace Fleming
Hardcover

The phenomenally versatile, award-winning author, Candace Fleming, gives teen and older tween readers ten ghost stories sure to send chills up their spines. Set in White Cemetery, an actual graveyard outside Chicago, each story takes place during a different time period from the 1860's to the present, and ends with the... Read More
 

Also available as an unabridged audio CD, unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a hardcover library binding.

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Written by Candace Fleming
Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Great and Only Barnum—as well as The Lincolns, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin's Almanac—comes the thrilling story of America's most celebrated flyer, Amelia Earhart. In alternating chapters, Fleming deftly moves readers back and forth between Amelia's life (from childhood up until her last flight) and... Read More
 

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Clever Jack Takes the Cake
Written by Candace Fleming
Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Hardcover

Take a bite out of this deliciously funny original fairy tale by a bestselling picture-book duo!

What would you do if you were invited to the princess’s tenth birthday party but didn’t have money for a gift? Well, clever Jack decides to bake the princess a cake.

Now he just has to get... Read More
 

Also available as a hardcover library binding.

The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Written by Candace Fleming
Hardcover

Here's a chapter book with all the kid appeal and absurd mayhem of Louis Sachar's classic Sideways Stories from Wayside School! These hilarious fables, complete with morals, will make you wish you went to Aesop Elementary.

Welcome back to Mr. Jupiter's inimitable class at Aesop Elementary. His rambunctious, special students are fifth... Read More
 

Also available as an eBook, hardcover library binding and a trade paperback.

Imogene's Last Stand
Written by Candace Fleming
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Hardcover

Meet Imogene, a plucky heroine with a passion for history.

As a baby, Imogene's first words were “Four score and seven years ago.” In preschool, she fingerpainted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it’s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleton Historical Society to make... Read More
 

Also available as an eBook and a hardcover library binding.

The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
Written by Candace Fleming
Illustrated by Ray Fenwick
Hardcover

Step right up! Meet the astounding . . . the amazing . . . P. T. Barnum!

The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin’s Almanac brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his... Read More
 

Also available as a hardcover library binding.

The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Written by Candace Fleming
Trade Paperback

These contemporary “fables” are instructive, hilarious, and now in paperback!

The fourth graders at Aesop Elementary are, well, unusual. There’s Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he’s forced to do the squirrel dance and wear a yellow-school-bus name tag. The moral of... Read More
 

Also available as an eBook and a hardcover library binding.

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
Written by Candace Fleming
Hardcover

The award-winning author of Ben Franklin’s Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln, and his complex wife—a scrapbook history that uses photographs, letters, engravings, and even cartoons, along with a fascinating text, to form an enthralling museum on the page. The Lincolns... Read More
 

Also available as a hardcover library binding.