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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

Books [ edit ]

Source: ^[8]

Self-authored and illustrated [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• 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

Contributions [ edit ]

• 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]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official website