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Mircea Catusanu

Mircea Catusanu received a BFA in 1992 and a MFA in 1994 from the Fine Arts Academy of Bucharest, Romania, with a major in painting. His work was shown in galleries in Europe and is a part of private collections in Romania, Japan, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the US.

In 1995 he moved to New York, and continues to reside there with his wife, Vivian, and their daughter, Nona. In the United States, while continuing his work as a painter and photographer, he began illustrating. Mircea's first author/ilustrated book, The Strange Case of the Missing Sheep, was released to critical acclaim by Viking in 2009. He is currently working on another book he wrote titled Chevretta Goes to Market.

Client List

Viking Press

The Washington Post
CIO Magazine
Scholastic
McGraw Hill
Rigby Publishing
Steck Vaughn
Houghton Mifflin
Reader's Digest
Scott Foresman
Innovative USA
Harcourt Brace
Marcel Schurman
KLUTZ
Golden Books
Random House

Reviews

Some of the rave reviews for Mircea's author/illustrated bookThe Strange Case of the Missing Sheep:

"Catusanu's cracked sense of humor and accomplished skills as an illustrator make for a strong authorial debut—readers won't be able to stop giggling."

Publishers Weekly

"Brought to life by an imaginative layout and illustrations...Pages are filled to the brim with off-the-wall depictions of the action in tones of bright orange and brown..Deliciously daffy."

Kirkus

"...the story is great, the pictures are amazingly hilarious. The sheep look so funny and the activities they are doing throughout the story are laugh out loud funny! This is a must read book."

Provo City Library Children's Book Review.

Video

The Strange Case of the Missing Sheep: trailer.

Published Books

The Strange Case of the Missing Sheep (Viking Press)

The Night before Christmas (Golden Books)
Noah’s Ark (Golden Books)
Measure Up! A Bug Contest (Innovative Kids)
Gingerbread Man (Scholastic, Inc.)
Which Shoes Would You Choose?: A Matching Book with 16 Chunky Shoes (Innovative Kids)

Rolling Snowballs

Santa's Stocking (Reader's Digest)

Not Your Usual Goat (Houghton Mifflin)

Wheels on the Move (Kindermusik)

Shorty the Mouse

Chicken Socks Magnetic A to Z (Klutz)

That Is Right, Walrus (Scott Foresman)

Duendes en mi corazon

Mircea Catusanu

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