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Name
  
Michael Paraskevas

Role
  
Author


Parents
  
Betty Paraskevas

Education
  
School of Visual Arts

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TV shows
  
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, The Kids from Room 402

Awards
  
Gemini Award for Best Pre-School Program or Series

Books
  
Junior Kroll, Junior Kroll and Company, Maggie and the Ferocious, Chocolate at the Four Seasons, On the Edge of the Sea

Similar People
  
Tamara Bernier Evans, Kristen Bone, Steven Ouimette, Gerrit Schmidt‑Fos, Patrick Loubert

Michael Paraskevas' Robert Frost Paintings 2017


Michael Paraskevas (Born in 1961) is an artist best known for creating Maggie and the Ferocious Beast. He is partnered with his mother Betty. They have authored 20 children's books and created three very popular animated series: Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse, and The Kids from Room 402. They also produced and created The Tangerine Bear as a home video Christmas Special.

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Television series

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  • Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (Nickelodeon) - creators, writers, producers
  • Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (PBS, now on Qubo) - creators, producers
  • The Kids from Room 402 (Fox Family Channel) - creators, producers
  • Television specials

  • The Tangerine Bear (ABC and Hyperion) - writer, creator, producers
  • The Cheap Show (Plum TV - currently in production) [1]
  • Currently in development

  • Jerolemon Street
  • Junior Kroll (Paraskevas Studios)
  • Green Monkeys (Paraskevas Studios)
  • Peter Pepper Pet Spectacular
  • Hoppy and Joe (Paraskevas Studios)
  • Leo Spats Ratcatcher (Paraskevas Studios)
  • Taffy Saltwater
  • Published books

  • Junior Kroll
  • Junior Kroll and Company
  • The Ferocious Beast
  • The Big Scare
  • The Big Carrot
  • Nibbles O’Hare
  • Hoppy and Joe
  • On the Edge of the Sea
  • On the Day the Tall Ships Sailed
  • The Tangerine Bear
  • Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
  • Junior Kroll, Esq.
  • Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402
  • The Strawberry Dog
  • Shamlanders
  • A very Kroll Christmas
  • Green Monkeys
  • LA TIMES
  • Jerolemon Street
  • Cecil Bunions
  • Other publications

    Junior Kroll ran for 10 years every week in Dan’s Papers in Bridgehampton and New York. Junior Kroll also ran for five years in Hemisphere Magazine on United Airlines as a monthly feature.

    Green Monkeys [2] is currently running in Dan’s Papers as a weekly comic strip and is soon to be syndicated.

    Michael’s illustration work has appeared in magazines all over the world, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Town and Country, Esquire, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

    Betty and Michael own and operate The Paraskevas Gallery in Westhampton Beach.

    References

    Michael Paraskevas Wikipedia