Jack Kent (illustrator)

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Jack Kent (1920–1985) was a prolific author and illustrator of nearly forty children's books. In addition to his own books, he also served as illustrator for nearly twenty books by other authors.

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[edit] Career

Born in Burlington, Iowa, Kent dropped out of high school at the age of fifteen and began a career as a freelance commercial artist until he joined the U.S. Army in 1941. His first nationally recognized work was the King Aroo comic strip which was syndicated and distributed internationally from 1950 to 1965. He began writing and illustrating children's books in 1968. He continued to write and illustrate children's books until his death in 1985 from leukemia.

[edit] Awards

Jack Kent's book Just Only John received awards from the Chicago Graphics Associates and the Children's Book Clinic. The New York Times named his book Mr. Meebles outstanding picture book of the year.

[edit] Selected works

  • 1987 Jack Kent's Valentine Sticker Book ISBN 0-590-32400-4
  • 1985 The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
  • 1985 Joey Runs Away
  • 1984 Joey
  • 1984 Round Robin
  • 1981 Jack Kent Sticker and Drawing Book ISBN 0-590-32312-1
  • 1981 Little Peep
  • 1981 The Biggest Shadow in the Zoo ISBN 0-8193-1048-4
  • 1978 Socks For Supper
  • 1978 Jack Kent's Cindy Lou and the Witch's Dog
  • 1978 Piggy Bank Gonzales
  • 1976 There's No Such Thing as a Dragon
  • 1975 The Christmas Pinata
  • 1974 Bremen Town Musicians
  • 1974 Jack Kent's Hop, Skip, and Jump Book: An Action Word Book
  • 1973 Mrs. Mooley
  • 1973 Jack Kent's 12 Days of Christmas
  • 1972 Jack Kent's Fables of Aesop
  • 1972 Dooley and the Snortsnoot
  • 1971 The Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale
  • 1971 The Wizard of Wallaby Wallow also released as The Wizard and His Magic Spells)
  • 1970 The Blah
  • 1970 Mr. Meebles
  • 1969 Clotilda (also released as Clotilda's Magic)
  • 1969 The Grown-Up Day
  • 1968 Just Only John

[edit] Illustrations for other Authors

  • 1985 The Twiddle Twins' Haunted House (by Howard Goldsmith)
  • 1985 Q Is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game (by Marcia McClintock Folsom and Mary Elting)
  • 1985 Easy As Pie: A Guessing Game of Sayings (by Marcia Folsom and Michael Folsom)
  • 1982 If You Grew Up with George Washington (by Ruth Belov Gross) (later printings are illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully instead of Jack Kent)
  • 1979 No One Noticed Ralph (by Bonnie Bishop)
  • 1978 Janie and the Giant (by Sarah Barchas)
  • 1977 More Spaghetti, I Say! (by Rita Golden Gelman) (later printings after 1987 are illustrated by Mort Gerberg instead of Jack Kent)
  • 1977 The Emperor's New Clothes (by Ruth Belov Gross)
  • 1976 The Magic Carrot Seeds (by Carla Stevens)
  • 1976 Why Can't I Fly (by Rita Golden Gelman)
  • 1975 I Was Walking Down the Road (by Sarah E. Barchas)
  • 1974 The Bremen-town Musicians (by Ruth Belov Gross)

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