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Sue Fliess

Goodreads Author

Born

Modesto, CA, The United States

Website

http://www.suefliess.com

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Genre

Children's Books, Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

Eve Bunting, Beverly Cleary, Peggy Rathman, Maurice Sendak, Judy Blume ...more

Member Since

January 2008

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Sue Fliess ("fleece") is the bestselling author of Robots, Robots Everywhere!, I'm a Ballerina! and How to Trap a Leprechaun, and more than 35 other children's books including Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket, Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins, Mary Had a Little Lab, Beatrice Bly's Rules for Spies, and many Little Golden Books. Her books have sold over 850,000 copies worldwide. Her background is in copywriting and PR/marketing, and her essays have appeared in O Magazine, HuffPo, Writer's Digest, and more. Fliess has also written for Walt Disney.

Her books have received honors from the SCBWI, have been used in school curricula, museum educational programs, and have even been translated into multiple languages. The Bug Book was chosen for Dolly Parton ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 10,524 ratings · 1,474 reviews · 76 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Annabel Tempest (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 3,881 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Robots, Robots Everywhere! (Little Golden Book) by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Bob Staake (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Mary Had a Little Lab by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Petros Bouloubasis (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 474 ratings — 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
	A Fairy Friend by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Claire Keane (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	How to Trap a Leprechaun by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Emma Randall (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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
	Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Khoa Le (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Calling All Cars: (Bedtime Stories, Cars For Toddlers, Rhyming Books For Kindergarten) by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Sarah Beise (Illustrator) 3.72 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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
	I'm a Ballerina! by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Joey Chou (Illustrations) 4.25 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Mark Chambers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.10 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Little Red Rhyming Hood by Sue Fliess (Goodreads Author), Petros Bouloubasis (Illustrations) 3.66 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2019 — 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

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Beatrice Bly's Rules for Spies (2 books)
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Beth Mills (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

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