Paul Fleischman grew up in Santa Monica, California. The son of well-known children's novelist Sid Fleischman, Paul was in the unique position of having his famous father's books read out loud to him by the author as they were being written. This experience continued throughout his childhood. Paul followed in his father's footsteps as an author of books for young readers, and in 1982 he released the book "Graven Images", which was awarded a Newbery Honor citation. In 1988, Paul Fleischman came out with "Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices", an unusually unique collection of poetry from the perspective of insects. This book was awarded the 1989 John Newbery Medal. Factoring in Sid Fleischman's win of the John Newbery Medal in 1987 for his book "The Whipping Boy", Paul and Sid Fleischman became to this day the only father and son authors to both win the John Newbery Medal.
Series
Books
Bull Run
1993
Zap
A Play
2003
Seek
2001
First Light, First Life
A Worldwide Creation Story
2016
Graven Images
1982
Shadow Play
1990
Joyful Noise/I am Phoenix
1990
Weslandia
1999
Breakout
2003
The Birthday Tree
1979
The Matchbox Diary
2013
Fearsome Giant, Fearless Child
A Worldwide Jack and the Beanstalk Story
2019
Whirligig
1998
I Am Phoenix
Poems for Two Voices
1985
Sidewalk Circus
2004
Big Talk
Poems for Four Voices
2000
A Fate Totally Worse Than Death
1995
Mind's Eye
1999
The Animal Hedge
1983
Eyes Wide Open
Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
2014
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal
A Worldwide Cinderella: A Worldwide Cinderella
2007
Joyful Noise
Poems for Two Voices
1988
The Half-a-Moon Inn
1980
Rondo in C
1988
Finzel the Farsighted
1983
Dateline
Troy
1996
The Dunderheads
2009
Alphamaniacs
Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word
2020
Time Train
1991
No Map, Great Trip
A Young Writer's Road to Page One
2019
Lost! A Story in String
2000
The Dunderheads Behind Bars
2012
Townsend's Warbler
1992
Seedfolks
1997
Rear-View Mirrors
1986
Saturnalia
1990
Path of the Pale Horse
1983
The Borning Room
1991
