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. 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. In fact, hes so hungry that once he starts eating, he cant stop. Official site follow mouses adventures as he eats his way through the color spectrum, then come discover free lunch activities and printables. Join facebook to connect with denise fleming and others you may know. My son has fallen in love with this colorful book, too, so i came up with a simple retelling activity to go with our beloved lunch lunch is a wonderful story following the meal of a sneaky little mouse. I love the book lunch by denise fleming it was one of my classroom favorites back in my teaching days. At first it seems this will be a story along the lines of the very hungry caterpillar, but it shifts into something more like templeton the rat from charlottes web. Denise fleming bio, facts, family famous birthdays.