About Denise
Hi! I'm Denise Ortakales, a writer and illustrator of various things, but mostly children's books. My medium of choice for illustration is paper sculpture, but there's a small part of me that is yearning to go 2D (horrors!) I've also been writing an MG/YA novel this past year which has been great fun! But some one new has been whispering in my ear lately, so I had to turn off my eternal/internal editor and send that novel out the door. Phew! Now I can hear myself think. I'll be attending Kindling Words this coming January and looking forward to that.
Hi! I'm Denise Ortakales, a writer and illustrator of various things, but mostly children's books. My medium of choice for illustration is paper sculpture, but there's a small part of me that is yearning to go 2D (horrors!) I've also been writing an MG/YA novel this past year which has been great fun! But some one new has been whispering in my ear lately, so I had to turn off my eternal/internal ...
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| 1. Good Morning, Garden (Hardcover)
Author: Barbara Brenner
Illustrator: Denise Ortakales
Publisher: Northword Press
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Ages 4-8 |
05/01/2004
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| 2. An All Aboard Reading Station Stop 3 Collection: Extreme Nature (All Abo...
Author: Dana Del Prado, Gail Herman, Jennifer Dussling, Nicholas Nirgiotis, Patricia Brennan Demuth
Illustrator: Denise Ortakales, Lori Osiecki, Michael Radencich, S. Marchesi, Larry Schwinger
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
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Ages 4-8 |
09/15/2003
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| 3. Sex & Babies: First Facts (Hardcover)
Author: Jane Annunziata
Illustrator: Denise Ortakales
Publisher: Magination Press
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Young Adults |
01/01/2002
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| 4. Carrot in My Pocket (Hardcover)
Author: Kitson Flynn
Illustrator: Denise Ortakales
Publisher: Moon Mountain Publishing
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Baby to Pre-K |
09/25/2001
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| 1. Sex & Babies: First Facts (Hardcover)
Author: Jane Annunziata
Illustrator: Denise Ortakales
Publisher: Magination Press
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Young Adults |
4/17/2007
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| 2. Planets (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (School & Library ...
Author: Jennifer Dussling
Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
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Ages 4-8 |
4/17/2007
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| 3. An All Aboard Reading Station Stop 3 Collection: Extreme Nature (All Abo...
Author: Dana Del Prado, Gail Herman, Jennifer Dussling, Nicholas Nirgiotis, Patricia Brennan Demuth
Illustrator: Denise Ortakales, Lori Osiecki, Michael Radencich, S. Marchesi, Larry Schwinger
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
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Ages 4-8 |
4/17/2007
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| 4. The Legend of the Old Man of the Mountain (Myths, Legends, Fairy and Fol...
Author: Denise Ortakales, Trinka Hakes Noble
Illustrator: Robert Crawford
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
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Ages 4-8 |
4/17/2007
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This weekend I attended the 2012 New England Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference in Springfield, MA. I was totally surprised (and humbled) to be this year's recipient of the Rosemary Frye Award. What is that, you are... Read the rest of this post
This is a self-promo piece I did a few years back.
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(c) 2024 Denise Ortakales
Oh how I would love to be a fly on the wall and watch your create those beautiful paper sculptures. Your work is stunning and I will land here more often to keep track of your work.