Dušan Petričić ( sr-cyr, Душан Петричић; born 10 May 1946) is a Serbian

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and

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. He has illustrated numerous children's books and his caricatures have appeared in various newspapers and magazines from ''

Politika ''Politika'' ( sr-Cyrl, Политика; ''Politics'') is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans. Publishing and owners ...

'' to ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''. Petričić has received numerous awards for his work including an

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Certificate of Honour, an ''Alberta Book Award'' for his illustrations in

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' ''On Tumbledown Hill'' and many others. In 1989 he won the

Levstik Award The Levstik Award ( sl, Levstikova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in children's literature. It has been bestowed since 1949 by the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, making it the first literary award established ...

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for his illustrations of ''Guliver med pritlikavci'' (

Gulliver in Lilliput ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Sw ...

). In 2001 the book ''The Longitude Prize'' for which he produced the illustrations won an honour at the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Awards. From 1993 to 2013, he lived and worked in

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, Canada.

Selected works illustrated

* ''The Dance of the Violin'', written by

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, 2017 * ''Zoomberry'', written by Dennis Lee, 2016 * ''Snap!'', written by Hazel Hutchins, 2015 * ''The Man with the Violin'', written by

, 2013 * ''In the Tree House'', written by Andrew Larsen, 2013 * ''Mr. Zinger's Hat'',

Cary Fagan Cary Fagan (born 1957) is a Canadian writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. His novel, ''The Student,'' was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. Previously a short-story collection, ''My ...

, 2012 * ''My Toronto'', Petričić, 2011 * ''When Apples Grew Noses And White Horses Flew'',

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, 2011 * ''Better Together'',

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, 2011 * ''Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas'',

, 2009 * ''Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang'',

Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (novel), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1959) and ''Barney's Version (novel), Barney's Versi ...

, 2009 * ''Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case'', Mordecai Richler, 2009 * ''Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur'', Mordecai Richler, 2009 * ''Mattland'', Hazel Hutchins and

Gail Herbert Gail may refer to: People *Gail (given name), list of notable people with the given name Surname * Jean-Baptiste Gail (1755–1829), French Hellenist scholar * Max Gail (born 1943), American actor * Sophie Gail (1775–1819), French singer and ...

, 2008 * ''The Queen's Feet'', Sarah Ellis, 2008 * ''On Tumbledown Hill'',

, 2008 * ''The Longitude Prize'', Joan Dash, 2008 * ''My New Shirt'', Cary Fagan, 2007 * ''Lickety-Split'', Robert Heidbreder, 2007 * ''Alphabad: Mischievous ABCs'', Shannon Stewart, 2007 * ''Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda'',

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, 2006 * ''Bagels from Benny'',

Aubrey Davis Aubrey D. Davis (March 28, 1921 – November 23, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He spent one season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) with the St. Louis Bombers during the 1946–47 season. He attended Oklaho ...

, 2005 * ''Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes'', Margaret Atwood, 2004 * ''Ned Mouse breaks away'', Tim Wynne-Jones, 2003 * ''Wings and Rockets: The Story of Women in Air and Space'', Jeannine Atkins, 2003 * ''Grandmother Doll'', Alice Bartels, 2001 * ''Earthlings Inside and Out: A Space Alien Studies the Human Body'', Valerie Wyatt, 1999 * ''The Enormous Potato'', Aubrey Davis, 1997 * ''La Grosse Patate'', Aubrey Davis and Michel Bourque, 1997 * ''Bone Button Borscht'', Aubrey Davis, 1996 * ''Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood'',

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, 1996 * ''Scary Science: The Truth Behind Vampires, Witches, UFO's Ghosts and More'', Sylvia Funston, 1996 * ''The Color of Things'', Vivienne Shalom, 1995 * ''Guliver med pritlikavci'' (Gulliver in Lilliput), from the 1726 classic by

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish Satire, satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whig (British political party), Whigs, then for the Tories (British political party), Tories), poe ...

, 1987

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petricic, Dusan 1946 births Artists from Belgrade Artists from Toronto Serbian expatriates in Canada Living people Levstik Award laureates Serbian caricaturists Canadian editorial cartoonists Canadian illustrators