Primary Students

May 2025 Visit with Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann at New Albany Primary 

Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann met while each had established careers in children’s publishing, but they have honed their craft together on wide-ranging topics, from giant squids to an account of Hollywood’s first canine movie star, Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen (Schwartz & Wade, 2018). Not only have their careers taken similar paths (both award-winning, both collaborating), but their initial stages in approaching a book share parallels as well. Though Candace works with words and Eric, pictures, their research processes are not all that different—perhaps because, after all, they both have the same aim: excellence in storytelling.

Special thanks to our sponsors for supporting our Josh Funk visit: The New Albany Community Foundation, NAWN, the Ruberto Family, and the Primary PTO.