Denise Fleming has written and illustrated many children's books, including In the Tall, Tall Grass, Shout! Shout It Out!, and Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy. She won a Caldecott Honor for In the Small, Small Pond. Denise published her first painting in the third grade, when she started taking classes at the Toledo Museum of Art and one of her paintings was chosen to be the cover of a teacher's magazine. She now works primarily with paper, by pouring colored paper pulp through hand-cut stencils. She lives in Toledo, Ohio.

"Lush colors, startled, wide-eyed animals, and bold black print make each page jump with activity." --Kirkus Reviews, pointer

"Strong rhythm and rhyme, plus fun onomatopoeic animal sounds demand reading aloud." --School Library Journal, starred review