Template:Short description Template:Infobox writer 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 at other educational events for children. She is a member of the Children's Book Guild. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she has a studio for her work.[3]
Career
Urbanovic received a BFA from the Maryland Institute of Art.[4] Her career started in graphic design and illustration, but realized she would prefer to illustrate children's literature. She studied writing under the mentorship of author Jane Resh Thomas in 1997 and after submitting her work to "Highlights" magazine, 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 is also credited as the Artist-In-Residence at the Molesworth Institute,[7] a source of library humor and information.
Bibliography
Books
Source:[8]
Self-authored and illustrated
- Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Sing and Read Storybook). Scholastic, 2005.
- Duck at the Door. HarperCollins, 2007.
- Duck Soup. HarperCollins, 2008.
- Duck and Cover. HarperCollins, 2009.
- Sitting Duck. HarperCollins, 2010.
- Ducks in a Row. HarperCollins, 2011.
- Happy Go Ducky. HarperCollins, 2012.
- Prince of a Frog. Orchard Books, 2015.
- Splatypus. Two Lions, 2017.
Illustrated
- Do the Hokey Pokey. Cricket Books, 2001.
- Horace the Horrible. Marshall Cavendish Corp, 2003.
- The Ten Best Things About My Dad. Cartwheel, 2004.
- Bully Blockers Club. Albert Whitman & Company, 2004.
- Grandma Lena's Big Ol' Turnip. Albert Whitman & Company, 2005.
- Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal. Magination Press, 2005.
- Glamsters. Hyperion Book CH, 2008.
- Spaghetti Eddie. Boyds Mills Press, 2009.
- No Sleep for the Sheep! HMH Books for Young Readers, 2011.
- If You're Hoppy. Greenwillow Books, 2011.
- I've Lost My Hippopotamus. Greenwillow Books, 2012.
- King of the Zoo. Orchard Books, 2013.
- I Want Your Smile, Crocodile. Zonderkidz, 2018.
Contributions
- Gay Comix #4, "A Word From Our Sponsor..."[9]
- Wimmen's Comix #14, "Losers in Love"[10]
- StripAIDS USA[11]
- Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization of Women[12]
- Dyke Strippers: Lesbian Cartoonists from A to Z[13]
- Men Are From Detroit, Women Are From Paris[14]