Jorge Aguirre is an American author and children's television show writer and producer. Aguirre has written shows for Nick Jr., Disney Jr., Netflix, Amazon, and PBS. He is the writer of the graphic novel series The Chronicles of Claudette for Macmillan/First Second Books. The series includes Giants Beware, Dragons Beware, and Monsters Beware. He is also the co-creator of Disney Jr.'s Goldie & Bear 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.
Aguirre's work has been reviewed by major publications, including Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wired.
Biography Aguirre was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio to Colombian parents.
He lives in Montclair, New Jersey.
Awards and honors In 2012, Giants Beware! received an honorable mention in Publishers Weekly'''s Critics Poll for best graphic novels of the year. +Awards for Aguirre's writingYearTitle(s)AwardResultRef.2013Giants Beware!Mythopoeic Award for Children's LiteratureFinalist2015Dragons Beware!Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic NovelFinalist2019Giants Beware!; Dragons Beware!; Monsters Beware!Mythopoeic Award for Children's LiteratureFinalist
Bibliography
Standalone books Trees for the Okapis: Little Green Nickelodeon, illustrated by Art Mawhinney (2010, Simon Spotlight, ) Call Me Iggy, illustrated by Rafael Rosado (expected 2023, First Second Books)
Adapted books First Day of School, illustrated by Victoria Miller, adapted from Dora the Explorer (2019, Simon Spotlight, )
Chronicles of Claudette series The Chronicles of Claudette books are illustrated by Rafael Rosado and published by First Second Books.
Giants Beware! (2012, ) Dragons Beware! (2015, ) Monsters Beware!'' (2018, )
Filmography +Aguirre's filmographyYearTitleRoleNotes1999Pacho's RevengeDirector2000A More Perfect UnionProducer2003–2004History Detectives Associate producer Director Producer 3 episodes (director) 10 episodes (producer)2005Circumsized Cinema Producer Writer5 episodes2005–2010Go, Diego, Go! Staff Writer Writer9 episodes2008MoeLine producer2008–2019Dora the Explorer Staff Writer Writer16 episodes2010–2011Handy MannyWriter5 episodes2011–2012Martha SpeaksWriter2 episodes2012Imagination MoversWriter1 episodes2014–2015Dora and Friends Staff Writer Writer14 episodes2015-2017Goldie & Bear Creator Producer Writer 17 episodes (creator and writer) 16 episodes (producer)2017–2018Nina's WorldWriter8 episodes2019Corn & PegWriter 1 episode2020Hero ElementaryWriter3 episodes2020–2021Santiago of the SeasWriter2 episodes2020–2021Blue's Clues & You! Story editor Writer19 episodes2021–2023Alma's Way Head writer Screenplay writer34 episodes2025Valiente: A Tracker Story Writer
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