James published his first book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his artwork, in 2006, and he illustrated his first self-published children’s book, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, in 2008. He has devoted his paintings to Pete the Cat for fifteen years and turned his natural love for cats into his life’s work. James Dean’s art has been sold in more than ninety galleries and shops across the United States. The little blue cat showed up as a character in James’s artwork around 1999 and has been a permanent fixture ever since. It was during this time that he began creating paintings and drawing of his cat, Pete.
Eventually, he was called to pursue his art full-time and began selling his work at art festivals around the Southeast.
James earned his degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University and went on to work for Georgia Power for a number of years. His passion for drawing became apparent at a young age, and as a child, you could find James drawing his favorite characters like Snoopy and Yogi Bear. He is a self-taught artist originally from Fort Payne, Alabama. James Dean is the original creator and illustrator of Pete the Cat. He has recorded two award-winning children's music CDs. Eric is a popular performer, delighting thousands of children and families every year. He loves to blend song and story together and is inspired by the depth and simplicity of folk songs and folktales. It is to them that I would recommend it.Eric Litwinis a guitar-strumming, song-singing, banjo-picking, tale-telling, song-writing, national-award-winning, music-producing, fun, folksy type of guy. This one reads fairly well, and would make a fun holiday story-time selection, especially for young fans of Pete the Cat. Still, I do find that the earlier books, those written by Litwin ( Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, and Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons), are superior to later efforts. Despite that fact, I would not say I was a huge fan of the series, as I read them mostly because they are popular at work.
The fourth and final Pete the Cat picture-book to be written by original author Eric Litwin, rather than illustrator and creator James Dean and his wife Kimberly, Pete the Cat Saves Christmas is the twenty-third title from the best-selling franchise that I have read.
Loading up his minibus with presents, Pete is pulled through the sky by Santa's reindeer, finishing his deliveries just in time. When Santa catches a cold and can't deliver his Christmas gifts to the children of the world, Pete the Cat steps in and gives it his all in this tongue-in-cheek adaptation of Twas the Night Before Christmas.
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