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Mark Thurman

Author, Illustrator, Teacher

 

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Mark
Last Name
Thurman
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Ontario
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Mark graduated from the Central Technical School Art Program in 1966, and has been a working artist since that time. He has worked as an illustrator, a designer and has shown as a gallery artist. He has taught life drawing anatomy and illustration/design at the Toronto School of Art, anatomy/figure drawing at OCAD, and picture-book illustration and figure drawing at Central Technical School. Since 2002, he has taught anatomy/figure drawing in the Classical Animation department at Sheridan College.

He is best known as a children's author illustrator. He has written and illustrated 16 books and designed and illustrated more than 25 books for other authors. He was co- creator and illustrator of the "Mighty Mites", a scientific comic, in Owl Magazine. From 1976 to 1991, he co-authored (with Emily Hearn) and illustrated 153 episodes. He has appeared on TVO Kids, Romper Room, Mr. Dress-up, Polka Dot Door and Caribou Club.

As an author/illustrator he has toured Canada extensively, sharing his stories and ideas with children and teachers in hundreds of schools. "Constant touring means being on the road, I'm a travelling salesman -- only I'm selling information, ideas and inspiration."

As a gallery artist his primary focus has been the human figure and portraits. He works in several different styles -- realistic, impressionistic and the symbolic -- according to the requirements and mood of the subject matter.

The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books at the Toronto Public Library, Lillian H. Smith Branch, has an extensive collection of Mark Thurman's work as it applies to his books and book illustration. A commissioned portrait of Edgar Osborne painted by Mark Thurman hangs in the library conference room.
Publications
Author-Illustrator

One Two Many
Penguin Canada, 1993

Cabbagetown Gang ( Juvenile Novel )
NC Press, 1987

Mighty Mites in Dinosaur Land
Greey de Pencier, 1981
With Emily Hearn

Pre-Teen Non-Fiction

Get GRAPHIC
Pembroke Publishers, 2010
With Emily Hearn

Fun-tastic Collages
Pembroke Publishers, 1992

How to Plan Your Drawings
Pembroke Publishers, 1992

Draw and Write Your Own Picturebook
Pembroke Publishers, 1990
with Emily Hearn

Helping Kids Create Picture Books
Pembroke Publishers, 1990
with Emily Hearn

Illustration Ideas for Creating Picture Books
Pembroke Publishers, 1990

Some Sumo
NC Press, 1988

Two Stupid Dummies
NC Press, 1986

Old Friends New Friends
NC Press, 1985

City Scrapes
NC Press, 1983

Two Pals on an Adventure
NC Press, 1982

The Birthday Party
NC Press, 1981

The Birthday Party
NC Press, 1981

Who Needs Me?
NC Press, 1981

The Elephant's New Bicycle
NC Press, 1980

The Elephants Cold
NC Press, 1979

The Lie That Grew and Grew
NC Press, 1891

Illustrator

Pre-Teen Fiction

Carrie Loses Her Nerve
Formac, 2003

Carrie's Camping Adventure
Formac, 2001
Written by Lesley Choyce

Carrie's Crowd
Formac, 1998
Written by Lesley Choyce

Pop Bottles
Nelson, 1998
Written by Ken Roberts

Go For it Carrie
Formac, 1997
Written by Lesley Choyce

What To Do About Babe
Nelson, 1997
Written by Wilma Alexander
Children's Fiction

The Tent
Gage, 2002
Written byLalie Harcourt and Ricki Wortzman

Who is Queen of the Forest
Essay International, 2000
Written by Beijia Lin

The Adventures of Kinder Surprise and the Eco Bunnies
Ferro Canada, 1998
Written by Jane Drake and Ann Love

Fearless Jake
Scholastic Canada, 1995
Written by Margaret Haffner

Ivan and the All-Stars
Boardwalk, 1995
Written by Kathleen Cook Waldron

Cookie Magic
Oxford University Press, 1994
Written by Geraldine Mabin and Lynn Seligman

Gimme a Break Rattlesnake
Oxford University Press, 1994
Written by Sonja Dunn

Primary Rhymerry
Pembroke Publishers, 1993
Written by Sonja Dunn

Franny and the Music Girl
Second Story Press, 1989
Written by Emily Hearn

Race You Franny
Women's Press, 1986
Written by Emily Hearn

Good Morning Franny, Goodnight Franny
Women's Press, 1984
Written by Emily Hearn

Belinda's Ball
Oxford University Press, 1981
Author Joan Bodger


Children's Non-Fiction

Alien Invaders
Tundra, 2008
written by Jane Drake and Ann Love

Trash Action
Tundra, 2006
Written by Jane Drake and Ann Love

Snow Amazing
Tundra, 2004
Written by Jane Drake and Ann Love

Canadian Greats
Scholastic Canada, 2003
written by Maxine Trottier

"C" Is For Canada
GBH Publishers, 2000
Written by Vicky Berger Erwin

Canada Fun Facts and Games
GBH Publishers, 2000
Vicki Berger Erwin

Postcards Talk
Pembroke Publishers, 1998
Written by Linda Granfield

Creatures of the Night
Scholastic Canada, 1992
Written by Pat Hancock
    

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