Doug Cushman (born May 4, 1953)
is an artist who has worked as a cartoonist and a book illustrator. He is also the author of a series of children's books.
Life and career
Doug Cushman was born in
Springfield, Ohio
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, and moved to
Connecticut
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with his family when he was 13 years old. While in high school he created comic books lampooning his teachers, selling them to his classmates for a nickel a piece. Cushman has illustrated and written over 120 books for children over his career since 1978. In his free time, Cushman enjoys painting, playing guitar, and cooking along with traveling the world. He spends most of his time in
Paris
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,
France
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,
Europe
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, and the
US.
Awards and honors
Awards
*He received the
National Cartoonist Society
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Magazine and Book Illustration Award for 1996
*He was nominated the National Cartoonist Society Magazine and Book Illustration Award in 2000.
Honors
*Reuben Award for Book Illustration from the Nationalist Cartoonists Society
*New York Times Children's Books Best Sellers
*
New York Public Library
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's Best 100 Books of 2000
*2009 California Young Readers medal
Selected works
Self-illustrated
''Mouse and Mole''
*''Mouse and Mole'' (1989;
Grosset & Dunlap
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The company was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 and today is part of Penguin Random House through its subsidiary Penguin Group.
In recent years, through the P ...
)
*''Mouse and Mole and the Year-Round Garden'' (1994;
Scientific American
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Books for Young Readers)
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*''Mouse and Mole and the Christmas Walk'' (1994; Scientific American Books for Young Readers)][
*''Mouse and Mole and the All-Weather Train Ride'' (1995; Scientific American Books for Young Readers)][
]
''Aunt Eater''
*''Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery'' (1987; Harper & Row
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*''Aunt Eater's Mystery Vacation'' (1992; ]HarperCollins
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*''Aunt Eater's Mystery Christmas'' (1995; HarperCollins)][
*''Aunt Eater's Mystery Halloween'' (1998; HarperCollins)][
]
Other books
* ''Giants'' (1980; compiler; Platt & Munk)[
* ''Inspector Hopper'' (2000; HarperCollins)][
* ''Inspector Hopper's Mystery Year'' (2003; HarperCollins)][
]
By other writers
''Bicycle Bear''
(Michaela Muntean; Parents Magazine Press)[
* ''Bicycle Bear'' (1983)
* ''Bicycle Bear Rides Again'' (1989)
]
''Holiday Mice''
(Bethany Roberts
Barbara Snow Beverage, who uses the pen name Bethany Roberts, (born September 6, 1949) is an American children's author, known for her series of picture books informally marketed as ''Holiday Mice''.
Personal life and education
Roberts was ...
; Clarion
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Music
* Clarion (instrument), a type of trumpet used in the Middle Ages
* The Register (music), register of a clarinet that ranges from B4 to C6
* A Trumpet (organ stop), trumpet organ stop that usually plays an octave abov ...
)Fourth of July Mice!
''Fourth of July Mice!'' is a 2004 children's picture book written by Bethany Roberts and illustrated by Doug Cushman, part of the team's ''Holiday Mice'' series. The book, about a family of mice celebrating U.S. Independence Day, was published ...
'' (2004)
''What People Can't Do''
(Douglas Wood; Simon & Schuster
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)[
* ''What Dads Can't Do'' (2000)
* ''What Moms Can't Do'' (2001)
* ''What Teachers Can't Do'' (2002)
* ''What Santa Can't Do'' (2003)
* ''What Grandmas Can't Do'' (2005)
]
''Gus the Hedgehog''
(Jacklyn Williams; Picture Window Books)[
* ''Happy Easter, Gus!'' (2005)
* ''Happy Halloween, Gus!'' (2005)
* ''Happy Valentine's Day, Gus!'' (2005)
* ''Merry Christmas, Gus!'' (2005)
* ''Happy Thanksgiving, Gus!'' (2006)
* ''Happy Birthday, Gus!'' (2006)
* ''Welcome to Third Grade, Gus!'' (2006)
* ''Let's Go Fishing, Gus!'' (2007)
* ''Make a New Friend, Gus!'' (2007)
* ''Pick a Pet, Gus!'' (2007)
]
Standalone titles
=With Jack Long
=
(Published by Checkerboard, 1987)[
* ''The Secret of the Nile''
* ''The Sunken Treasure''
* ''The Vanishing Professor''
]
=Other works
=
* ''Not Counting Monsters'' (1978; by H.L. Ross; Platt & Munk)[
* ''Haunted Houses on Halloween'' (1979; by Lillie Patterson; Platt & Munk)][
* ''Chatty Chipmunk's Nutty Day'' (1985; by Suzanne Gruber; Troll Communications)][
* ''Aunt Morbella and the Screaming Skulls'' (1992; by Joan Davenport Carris; ]Little, Brown
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* ''Frogs'' (1996; by Robin Dexter; Troll Communications)][
* ''Little Raccoon'' (2001; by Lillian Moore; Henry Holt)][
* ''ABC: Alphabet Rhymes'' (2004; by Matt Mitter; ]Gareth Stevens
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)[
* ''¡Marimba!: Animales from A to Z'' (2006; by Pat Mora; Clarion)][
* ''Birthday at the Panda Palace'' (2007; by Stephanie Calmenson; HarperCollins)][
* ''Ella, Of Course!'' (2007; by Sarah Weeks; Harcourt)][
]
See also
References
External links
*
NCS Awards
*
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American magazine cartoonists
1953 births
Living people
20th-century American painters
American children's book illustrators
American children's writers
American guitarists
Writers who illustrated their own writing