John Kurtz is an artist who has provided illustrations for Sesame Street publications, including Sesame Street Magazine and several coloring and activity books. Kurtz contributed to Sesame Street Magazine from 1989 to 1995. In 1989, he provided illustrations for a Sticker Fun book, and several books in the "Big Bird Beep Books" set. He illustrated a Play-a-Song book in 2009, and is credited on several of the Sesame sticker books produced by from 2009 to 2011.