Matthew van fleet biography

  • Matthew Van Fleet's innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for more than twenty years.
  • Matthew Van Fleet's innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for over twenty years.
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    Matthew Van Fleet

    Goodreads Author


    Born

    Cincinnati, River, The Unified States

    Website

    http://www.vanfleetbooks.com/


    Genre

    Children's


    Member Since

    January 2014


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    About the Author

    Matthew Van Fleet's innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for almost twenty years. His unique formats invite toddlers to touch, press, pull, lift and even sniff as they explore colors, shapes, numbers, letters, opposites and more.His books include the #1 New York Times show more bestsellers Tails and DOG as well as the New York Times bestsellers CAT and Alphabet. His first interactive touch and feel book Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings has sold more than 1.3 million copies.He lives with his wife, two sons and pug dog in Chappaqua, New York. (Bowker Author Biography)show less

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    Image credit: Brian Stanton

    Series

    Works by Matthew Van Fleet

    Tails(2003)762 copies, 13 reviews
    Dog(2007) — Author — 352 copies, 7 reviews
    Cat(2009) — Author — 216 copies, 3 reviews
    Heads(2010)176 copies, 5 reviews
    Moo(2011) — Author — 149 copies, 2 reviews

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    Reviews

    I know van Fleet's pattern, yet each new book continues to be a delight. He may have a formula, but he does it exceedingly well, and throws in fresh touches on old techniques. His stories are simple, with little text on each page

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    INTERVIEW: Matthew Van Fleet

    You probably haven’t heard of Matthew Van Fleet if you don’t have a young child, but he’s an institution for my fellow parents. His second pop-up book, Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings, sold a million copies upon its publication in the mid-90s, and he’s since gradually increased the complexity of his artfully designed novelty books. His most recent illustrated pop-ups, Tails and Alphabet, are as mechanically complex as they are educational for toddlers; each relies on a mixture of flaps, textures, movable parts, and Van Fleet’s own expressive drawing style to teach young children simple concepts in a way that doesn’t bore parents.

    Van Fleet’s other works include Monday the Bullfrog, a combination book and hand puppet that teaches the days of the week; and a collaboration with photographer Brian Stanton called Dog. The two will follow that up with another book in Spring 2009, "the sequel that no one saw coming," Cat. Van Fleet’s books truly need to be seen and played with to be appreciated. Or, perhaps more accurately, you need to see the reaction of a one-year-old as they begin to understand the correlation between the word “sticky” and the rubberized frog tongue texture at their fi

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