Jules Feiffer

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born

in New York, New York, The United States

January 26, 1929

gender

male

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http://www.julesfeiffer.com/

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Children's Books

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Jules Feiffer is the acclaimed author-illustrator of several books for children, including BARK, GEORGE; MEANWHILE . . .; and I LOST MY BEAR; and the illustrator of THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH, by Norton Juster. Jules Feiffer is also a renowned editorial cartoonist, playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He has been the recipient of an Academy Award, a Pulitzer Prize, a London Theatre Critics Award, and two Obie Awards, and a retrospective exhibition of his work appeared at the Library of Congress. SOME THINGS ARE SCARY, written by Florence Parry Heide, is his first book for Candlewick Press. Coincidentally, Robert Osborne, who originally illustrated SOME THINGS ARE SCARY in 1969, was a major influence on Jules Feiffer's work. Of his first readi...more

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Average rating: 4.19 · 107,935 ratings · 5,910 reviews · 89 distinct works · Similar authors

	Bark, George 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 4,578 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man in the Ceiling 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Lost My Bear 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 111 ratings — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daddy Mountain 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meanwhile... 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Comic Book Heroes 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Backing Into Forward 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips, 1956-1966 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1960 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Room With a Zoo 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Collected Works (3 books)
by Jules Feiffer
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“Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?”
― Jules Feiffer

tags: religion

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“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underpriviledged was overused, I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime, but I have a great vocabulary.”
― Jules Feiffer

4 people liked it

“design is so important because chaos is so hard”
― Jules Feiffer

tags: chaos, design

3 people liked it

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