Jorge Aguirre | |
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Occupation | Author, television show writer and producer |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Carla Gutierrez (2006–2023) |
Jorge Aguirre is an American author and children's television show writer and producer. Aguirre has written shows for PBS, Nick Jr, Netflix, Amazon, 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, [1] Dragons Beware, [2] and Monsters Beware. [3] He is also the co-creator of Disney Junior's Goldie & Bear [4] [5] with Rick Gitelson. He has also written for Martha Speaks , Dora the Explorer , Dora and Friends , Handy Manny 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. [6]
Aguirre's work has been reviewed by major publications, including Booklist , [7] [8] [9] Kirkus Reviews , [10] [11] The New York Times , [12] Publishers Weekly , [13] and Wired. [14]
Aguirre was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio to Colombian parents.[ citation needed ]
He lives in Montclair, New Jersey.[ citation needed ]
In 2012, Giants Beware! received an honorable mention in Publishers Weekly's Critics Poll for best graphic novels of the year. [15]
Year | Title(s) | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Giants Beware! | Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature | Finalist | [16] |
2015 | Dragons Beware! | Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel | Finalist | [17] |
2019 | Giants Beware!; Dragons Beware!; Monsters Beware! | Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature | Finalist | [16] |
The Chronicles of Claudette books are illustrated by Rafael Rosado and published by First Second Books.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Pacho's Revenge | Director | |
2000 | A More Perfect Union | Producer | |
2003-2004 | History Detectives |
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2005 | Circumsized Cinema |
| 5 episodes |
2005-2010 | Go, Diego, Go! |
| 9 episodes |
2008 | Moe | Line producer | |
2008-2019 | Dora the Explorer |
| 16 episodes |
2010-2011 | Handy Manny | Writer | 5 episodes |
2011-2012 | Martha Speaks | Writer | 2 episodes |
2012 | Imagination Movers | Writer | 1 episodes |
2014-2015 | Dora and Friends |
| 14 episodes |
2015-2017 | Goldie & Bear |
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2017-2018 | Nina's World | Writer | 8 episodes |
2019 | Corn & Peg | Writer | 1 episode |
2020 | Hero Elementary | Writer | 3 episodes |
2020-2021 | Santiago of the Seas | Writer | 2 episodes |
2020-2021 | Blue's Clues & You! |
| 19 episodes |
2021-2023 | Alma's Way |
| 34 episodes |
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