John Nez has illustrated over 80 books for children in a wide range of
styles.
I draw mostly in a whimsical style with the goal of conveying lots of
feeling in my pictures... happy, sad, sneaky, mad, hopeful, afraid...
whatever.
Mostly I work in traditional mediums of acrylics, watercolors, pencils
and inks. I also work in the digital mediums of Photoshop and
Illustrator, which greatly expand the illustrator's toolbox. The
combination of traditional and digital mediums allows for amazing new
possiblities... and lots of fun.
Every book starts simple... with a great idea and a pencil.
I have a degree in English and also studied illustration at the Parsons
School of Design in New York City with Maurice Sendak, among other
wonderful teachers. I've done many book projects with Mercer Mayer and
Rosemary Wells, as a ghost illustrator.
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Title:
Daisy Diaz Shakes Up Camp
Author:
Lisa Harkrader
Publisher:
Kane Press, 2009
Title:
Cromwell Dixon's Sky-Cycle
Author:
John Abbott Nez
Publisher:
Putnam Juvenile, 2009
Title:
My Vacation Diary
Author:
Peggy Schaefer
Publisher:
Ideals Children's Books, 2008
Title:
Tightwad Tod
Author:
Daphne Skinner
Publisher:
Random House, 2007
Title:
The Dragon Painter
Author:
Rosie Dickens
Publisher:
Usborne Books, 2006
Title:
New Dog in Town
Author:
Gail Herman
Publisher:
Kane Press, 2006
Title:
One Smart Cookie
Author:
John Abbott Nez
Publisher:
Albert Whitman & Co., 2006
Title:
The Grandma Cure
Author:
Pamela Mayer
Publisher:
Dutton Juvenile, 2005
Title:
Otto and the Bird Charmers
Author:
Charlotte Haptie
Publisher:
Holiday House, 2005
Title:
Pet Peeves
Author:
Sarah Willson
Publisher:
Kane Press, 2005
Title:
My Cherry Tree
Author:
John Abbott Nez
Publisher:
Korean Montessori Press
Title:
No Money? No Problems!
Author:
Lori Haskins
Publisher:
Turtleback, 2004
Title:
Bubble Trouble
Author:
Nat Gabriel
Publisher:
Kane Press, 2004
Title:
The Creepping Tide
Author:
Gail Herman
Publisher:
Kane Press, 2003
Title:
Gotcha!
Author:
Jennifer Dussling
Publisher:
Kane Press, 2003
Title:
Easter Surprises
Author:
Majorie Decker
Publisher:
Grosset & Dunlap, 2003
Title:
Rock-A-Bye Bible
Author:
Majorie Decker
Publisher:
Grosset & Dunlap, 2002
Title:
The Secret Birthday
Author:
Rosemary Wells
Publisher:
Hyperion, 2002
Title:
Mr. Bitter's Butter
Author:
Jow Cowley
Publisher:
Schools, 2002
Title:
Bugged by Bugs
Author:
Kiki Thorne
Publisher:
Simon Spotlight, 2001
Title:
Be My Valentine
Author:
Rosemary Wells
Publisher:
Hyperion, 2001
Title:
Doris's Dinosaur
Author:
Rosemary Wells
Publisher:
Hyperion, 2001
Title:
Whoo! Moo! Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!
Author:
Christine Harder Tanguald
Publisher:
Concordia, 2000
Title:
The Friendship Hotline
Author:
Nancy Krulik
Publisher:
Price Stern Sloan, 1999
Title:
Topsy-Turvy Day
Author:
Kari James
Publisher:
Simon Spotlight, 1997
Title:
The Big Bug Hunt
Author:
Teresa Reed
Publisher:
Simon Spotlight, 1996
Title:
Two for Tea
Author:
Kari James
Publisher:
Simon Spotlight, 1996
Title:
Little Plumpkins: Hide and Peek
Author:
John Abbott Nez
Publisher:
Random House for Young Readers, 1995
CLIENTS
Albert Whitman
Atheneum
Atlantic Records
Child Magazine
D.C. Heath
Dutton Children's Books
Golden Books
Grolier
Highlights for Children
Holiday House
Holt
Humpty Dumpty
Hyperion
Jim Henson Associates
Kane Press
Ladybug Magazine
McClanahan & Co.
Mercer Mayer
Price Stern Sloan
Putnam
Random House
Scholastic
Silver, Burdett & Ginn
The Wright Group
Time-Life
Usborne
