Gene Barretta

 Gene   Barretta  grew up in Yard ley, P A  where he spent  count  less hour s draw in g , animating , making movie s & build in g puppet s with his brother ,  BILL .

Before he began his career as an author & illustrator of c h i l d r e n ’ s book s, he graduate d from New York University with a B F A in Film Studies & worked for many year s in film & television on both coast s. He has written & illustrate d several book s, both trade & mass - market , for such client s as Henry Holt & Co. , Dutton, Houghton Mifflin Har court , Scholastic , Harper Collin s , T h e  JIM HENSON  Company  &  Between t h e Lion s  , among other s. 1| 1 book release d in  2 0 1 8 ,  The Bat Can Bat  , feature s a number of caricature s of  Muppet  &  HENSON  professional s.

As an animator, he has complete d several film s for  SESAME STREET  ’ s Sea s on 2 8  &  Sea s on 2 9.

Gene Barretta serve d as character designer for T h e  JIM HENSON  Company  ’ s  Late Night Buffet with Augie & Del  &  Tinsel t own . He sketched the original design s for Augie, Del , Louzia & her monkey s , Samson , Bobby , & many other s. He also serve d as a story board art is t on  Muppet s from Space .

Gene ’ s book award s include, The 2 0 1 3  Cook Prize Honor Title from Bank Street College of Education for " Time less Thomas : How Thomas Edison Change d Our Live s " & the  2 00 7  Carolyn W. Field Award from the Pennsylvania Library Association for " Now & Ben : The Modern Invent i on s of Benjamin Frank l in . "

Gene Barretta currently reside s out side Philadelphia, P A  with his son , Benjamin.

 BILL BARRETTA  has name d several character s after his brother as an in side joke  ; these include  Eugene the Hunt in g Dog ,  Eugene  ( a tuba player ) , &  Gene  ( a monster ).

Non - HENSON  Illustrator & Author Credit s

 *  The Bat Can Bat : A Book of True Homonym s 
 *  Muhammad   Ali :   A   Champion   is   Born 
 *  Lincoln   &   Kennedy : A   Pair   to   Compare 
 *  Conrad   &   the   Cowgirl   Next   Door 
 *  Pirate s   on   the   Farm 
 *  Time less   Thomas :   How   Thomas   Edison   Change d   Our   Live s 
 *  Now   &   Ben :   The   Modern   Invent i on s   of   Benjamin   Frank l in 
 *  Deer   Dear :   A   Book   of   Homo phone s 
 *  Jack   the   Tripper 
 *  Neo   Leo :   The   Ageless   Ideas   of   Leonardo   Da   Vinci 
 *  Zool   Palooza :   A   Book   of   Homograph s 
 *  Sheetzucacapoopoo :   My   Kind   of   Dog 
 *  Sheetzucacapoopoo : Max   Goes   to   the   Dog s 
 *  The   Between t h e Lion s  Book for Parents
 *  Between t h e Lion s  -  Knock,   Knock   Who ’ s   There  ( written b y Christopher Cerf  )
 *  Between t h e Lion s  -  Leona ’ s   Mix   &   Match  ( written b y Christopher Cerf  )
 *  Between t h e Lion s  -  Snow   Day 
 *  Booktivity :   Detective   Kit  ( Golden Book s )
 *  Booktivity :   Face   Painting  ( Golden Book s )
 *  Bug s  ( Golden Book s )
 *  Dinosaur s  ( Golden Book s )
 *  The   Doodletop   Book 
 *  The   Eye   of   the   Ruby 
 *  Journey,   Easter   Journey 
 *  Merry   Creature   Chris t m as  
 *  Off   to   Plymouth   Rock 
 *  On   Chris t m as     Morn in g  
 *  On   Top   of   Spaghetti