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Author Study: James Dean

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Ali O'Brien

Works Cited

Bynum, Russ. "Pete the Cat Makes Leap from Folk Art to Kid Books." The Big Story. Associated Press, 28 Nov. 2013. Web. 12 Oct. 2015. <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/pete-cat-makes-leap-folk-art-kid-books>.

"James Dean." HarperCollins US. Harper Collins Publishers, 2015. Web. 13 Oct. 2015. <http://www.harpercollins.com/cr-106243/james-dean>.

"Pete the Cat: About the Artist." Pete the Cat. Pete the Cat, 2015. Web. 13 Oct. 2015. <https://www.petethecat.com/about>.

"Pete the Cat." Pete the Cat. Harper Collins Publishers, 2013. Web. 13 Oct. 2015. <http://www.harpercollins.com/childrens/feature/petethecat>.

Additional Works

  • Pete the Cat: Wheels on the Bus
  • Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
  • Pete the Cat: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

I Can Read Books

  • Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School
  • Pete the Cat: Play Ball
  • Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch
  • Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach
  • Pete the Cat: A Pet for Pete
  • Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana
  • Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving
  • Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure
  • Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day is cool
  • Pete the Cat: Construction Destruction
  • Pete the Cat: Cavecat Pete
  • Pete the Cat: Rock on, Mom and Dad!

Pete's Adventures

Litwin and Dean

2010

2011

2014

2012

Kimberly and James Dean

Transformation to Children's Literature

2013

2015

2014

2015

  • In 2006, Dean published his first work, an adult publication called The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, which was a collection of his artwork.
  • In 2008, he self-published his first children's book co-authored with Eric Litwin, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, which was picked by Harper Collins in 2010.
  • The duo released three additional Pete books by 2014.
  • In 2014, the two parted ways, and Dean began co-authoring books with his wife Kim.

Early Works

  • Dean worked with Georgia Power for nearly 20 years before leaving to pursue his dreams of drawing
  • He began drawing landscapes, meanwhile adopting a kitten from a local animal shelter
  • He began drawing his cat doing "cat" things such as hanging on doors or sleeping in laundry baskets.
  • Dean has been drawing Pete and his adventures for more than 13 years.

James Dean

  • Born in 1957 in Fort Payne, Alabama
  • Spent much of his childhood years admiring his dad's work as a "self-taught artist" and began drawing cartoons such as Disney and Charlie Brown at the age of 7
  • Explored musical talents in high school, then dreaming to become a professsional musician
  • Went to Auburn University, graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering
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