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Josée Masse

For as long as she can remember, Josée Masse has been drawing. Her father was a painter and she remembers painting with him in his studio.  After studying graphic arts in Montreal, she worked as a graphic designer for 3 years before beginning her career as an illustrator.  Josée’s strong sense of concept and design shows itself in her artwork. She loves illustrating books for children and enjoys the challenge of solving problems for her clients who have difficult concepts to convey.  Josée now lives near Montreal in the country where she enjoys many hours in her studio.

Client List

Bloomsbury USA

Barefoot Books

Kids Can Press

The McKinsey Quarterly
Holt Reinhart
Middlebury College
Scholastic
Biotec World
Northeastern University School of Law
Harcourt
Rigby
Brown Publishing
Kids Can Press
Pearson Education
Houghton Mifflin
The Gazette of Montreal
Alberta Venture
L'Actualité
Quebec Science
Dogs in Canada
Diabetes News
Ireland and Associates
Artist News
IP Law & Business 

Awards

The Princess Who Had Almost Everything: Tundra's Very Best of the Fall Picture Books,

selected by Kirkus, 2008.

Motherbridge of Love: TIME Magazine's Top 10 Children's Books, 2007.

Five Starred Reviews for Mirror, Mirror, 2010

Mousie Love: Included in Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year, 2010

Reviews

Motherbridge of Love, illustrated by Josée Masse, published by Barefoot Books, 2007:

"Masse echoes this dreamy lyricism with gently surreal illustrations rendered in texture like shot silk...Masse pulls it off in an understated way that offers comfort and encouragement to parents and children."

Publishers Weekly

Mousie Love, illustrated by Josée Masse, published by Bloomsbury USA 2009:

"Masse’s images of the mice, dressed in quasi-nineteenth-century fashions, pop with bright warm colors even as their texture has an old-timey, slightly grainy texture."

Booklist

Mirror Mirror, illustrated by Josée Masse, published by Dutton 2010:

Matching the cleverness of the text, Masse’s deep-hued paintings create split images that reflect the twisted meaning of the irreverently witty poems and brilliantly employ artistic elements... A mustpurchase that will have readers marveling over a visual and verbal feast.

Booklist (Starred Review)

 

Published Books

Mirror Mirror (Dutton)

Mousie Love (Bloomsbury USA)

Christmas Cheer (Bloomsbury USA)

La petite Princesse et le Prince (Éditions Imagine)

Motherbridge of Love (Barefoot Books)

Goodnight, Sweet Pig (Kids Can Press)

La Princesse Qui Avait presque Tout (Dominique et Compagnie)
La Petite Princesse (Dominique et Compagnie)
Le Chat Botté à New York (Éditions Les 400 Coups)
Recette de Garçon à la Sauce Pompier (Les 400 Coups)
Quelle Etrange Bête Chez Moi! (Les 400 Coups)
Three Cats and Mouse Tales (Kids Can Press)
Jacques et les Haricots Magiques (Jack and the Magic Beans) (Éditions Imagine)

 

 

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