Jorge Aguirre is an American author and children's television show writer and producer. Aguirre has written shows for

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, and Disney Jr. He is the writer of the graphic novel series ''The Chronicles of Claudette'' for Macmillan/ First Second Books. The series includes ''Giants Beware'', ''Dragons Beware'', and ''Monsters Beware''. He is also the co-creator of Disney Junior's

Goldie & Bear ''Goldie & Bear'' is an American animated children's television series which began on September 12, 2015. The show was created for Disney Junior by Jorge Aguirre and Rick Gitelson. It was directed by Chris Gilligan and produced using CGI animation ...

with

Rick Gitelson Rick Gitelson (born December 15, 1962, in Washington, D.C.) is an American television and film producer and screenwriter. Gitelson's writing and producing credits include for TV: ''Rugrats'', ''Goldie & Bear'', ''Imagination Movers'', ''Handy M ...

. He has also written for '' Martha Speaks'', ''

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'', '' Dora and Friends'', ''

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'' and other shows. As of 2023, Aguirre is working on a new graphic novel series for middle school aged children with Andrés Vera Martínez called ''Monster Locker''. Aguirre's work has been reviewed by major publications, including ''

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'', '' Kirkus Reviews'', ''

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'', and ''Wired''.

Biography

Aguirre was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio to Colombian parents. On August 12, 2006, Aguirre married Carla Gutierrez. He lives in

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Awards and honors

In 2012, ''Giants Beware!'' received an honorable mention in ''Publishers Weekly'''s Critics Poll for best graphic novels of the year.

Bibliography

Standalone books

* ''Trees for the Okapis: Little Green Nickelodeon'', illustrated by Art Mawhinney (2010,

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, ) * ''Call Me Iggy'', illustrated by Rafael Rosado (expected 2023,

First Second Books First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism. It al ...

)

Adapted books

* ''First Day of School'', illustrated by '' Victoria Miller'', adapted from ''

'' (2019,

, )

Chronicles of Claudette series

The Chronicles of Claudette books are illustrated by Rafael Rosado and published by

. # ''Giants Beware!'' (2012, ) # ''Dragons Beware!'' (2015, ) # Monsters Beware! (2018, )

Filmography

References

External links

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