Jackie Urbanovic
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Jackie Urbanovic is an American New York Times best-selling[1] author and illustrator. The majority of her work consists of children's picture books, including her self-authored Max the Duck series.[2] She regularly speaks at libraries and educational events for children. She was a member of the Children's Book Guild.[3] She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she has a studio for her work.[4]
Career
Urbanovic received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art.[3] Her career started in graphic design and cartoons, then realizing she would prefer to illustrate children's literature.[5] She studied writing under the mentorship of Jane Resh Thomas in 1997 and after submitting her work to Highlights, received her first trade illustration job on Spaghetti Eddie.[5] Before she started her children's literature career, she contributed to several anthologies and comics series regarding LGBT themes and issues in the 1980s and 1990s.[6] She has been credited as the Artist-In-Residence at the fictional Molesworth Institute.[7]
Published works
Books
Self-authored and illustrated
- Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Sing and Read Storybook). Scholastic, 2005. ISBN 978-0439733533
- Duck at the Door. HarperCollins, 2007. ISBN 978-0061214400
- Duck Soup. HarperCollins, 2008. ISBN 978-0061214417
- Duck and Cover. HarperCollins, 2009. ISBN 978-0061214448
- Sitting Duck. HarperCollins, 2010. ISBN 978-0061765834
- Ducks in a Row. HarperCollins, 2011. ISBN 978-0061864377
- Happy Go Ducky. HarperCollins, 2012. ISBN 978-0061864391
- Prince of a Frog. Orchard Books, 2015. ISBN 9780545636520
- Splatypus. Two Lions, 2017. ISBN 978-1503939202
Illustrated
- Do the Hokey Pokey. Cricket Books, 2001. ISBN 978-0812626995
- Horace the Horrible. Marshall Cavendish Corp, 2003. ISBN 978-0761451099
- The Ten Best Things About My Dad. Cartwheel, 2004. ISBN 978-0439577694
- Bully Blockers Club. Albert Whitman & Company, 2004. ISBN 978-0807509197
- Grandma Lena's Big Ol' Turnip. Albert Whitman & Company, 2005. ISBN 978-0807530238
- Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal. Magination Press, 2005. ISBN 9781591472407
- Glamsters. Hyperion Book CH, 2008. ISBN 1423111486
- Spaghetti Eddie. Boyds Mills Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1590787786
- No Sleep for the Sheep! HMH Books for Young Readers, 2011. ISBN 978-0152049690
- If You're Hoppy. Greenwillow Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0061566349
- I've Lost My Hippopotamus. Greenwillow Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0062014573
- King of the Zoo. Orchard Books, 2013. ISBN 978-0545461825
- I Want Your Smile, Crocodile. Zonderkidz, 2018. ISBN 978-0310758907
Other published contributions
- Gay Comix #4, "A Word From Our Sponsor..."[8]
- Wimmen's Comix #14, "Losers in Love"[9]
- Strip AIDS U.S.A.[10]
- Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization of Women[11]
- Dyke Strippers: Lesbian Cartoonists from A to Z[12]
- Men Are From Detroit, Women Are From Paris[13]
References
- ^ "CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PICTURE BOOKS: Sunday, March 9th 2008". The New York Times. 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ "Books". Jackie Urbanovic. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ a b "JACKIE URBANOVIC". Children's Book Guild. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15.
- ^ "Jackie Urbanovic". R. MICHELSON GALLERIES. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ a b Hoffman, Samantha (2016-10-14). "An interview with Jackie Urbanovic". WriteAngles Conference.
- ^ "jackie urbanovic". Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Stevens, Norman D. (2006-01-01). "The Fully Electronic Academic Library®". College & Research Libraries. 67 (1): 5–14. doi:10.5860/crl.67.1.5. ISSN 2150-6701.
- ^ Urbanovic, Jackie (1983). "A Word From Our Sponsor...". Gay Comix. 4: 17–18.
- ^ Urbanovic, Jackie (1987). "Losers in Love". Wimmen's Comix. 14.
- ^ Robbins, Trina; Sienkiewicz, Bill; Triptow, Robert (1988). Strip AIDS USA : a collection of cartoon art to benefit people with AIDS. Last Gasp. ISBN 0867193735. OCLC 50386336.
- ^ Robbins, Trina. (1990). Choices : a pro-choice benefit comic anthology for the National Organization for Women. Angry Isis Press. OCLC 608139189.
- ^ Warren, Roz (1995). Dyke Strippers: Lesbian Cartoonists A to Z. Cleis Press. ISBN 978-1573440080.
- ^ Warren, Rosalind, ed. (1999). Men Are From Detroit, Women Are From Paris. Naperville, Illinois: Hysteria Publications. ISBN 1887166513. OCLC 41630898.