Dusan Petricic

Duan Petricic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, but loved to pretend that he grew up in Zemun, an old city located just across the river (and now a part of Belgrade). As a boy he did all the forbidden things that children do, but what Duan loved most was to draw. He started drawing at age four and, encouraged by his parents, he never stopped. He found inspiration in everything, and drawing became a way to communicate with the people around him. Two books that were very important to his childhood were an old encyclopedia with lots of pictures and The Boys from Pavel’s Street by Ferenc Molnár. Early on, he was moved by the drawings found within the encyclopedia. As he grew older, he adored many artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer, and Picasso. Duan has been illustrating children’s books for many years. He has received numerous honors and awards for his work, in North America and internationally, including an IBBY Certificate of Honour and an Alberta Book Award for On Tumbledown Hill (Red Deer Press). The Longitude Prize (FSG) was selected as a Robert F. Siebert Honor Book for a Distinguished Informative Book for Children in the US. His beautiful, evocative illustrations for Mattland (2009) by Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert garnered Duan the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award from the Canadian Library Association as well as the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. His illustrations for Better Together (2011) by Sheryl and Simon Shapiro were described as “sublime” by Kirkus Reviews. When it came time to reissue Robert Munsch’s Mud Puddle (2012), Duan was Annick’s first choice to reillustrate the classic. The results are a fresh and energetic look that will delight a whole new generation of young Munsch fans. Duan’s latest book, The Man with the Violin (2013), was greeted with rave reviews, including starred reviews in Kirkus and uill & uire. Written by Kathy Stinson, this beautifully evocative picture book tells the true story of world-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell, who conducted an experiment by anonymously playing his priceless violin in the Washington D.C. subway station. Luckily for Duan, his profession is his favorite hobby and he is happy when at work. To young artists he would give this advice: “Think, think, think, think, draw!” Duan lives in Toronto where he is a regular contributor as an editorial cartoonist in the Toronto Star.

Books by Dusan Petricic

Mud Puddle Early Reader

Munsch Board Book Pack 2

The Truth About Wind

Mud Puddle (Annikin Miniature Edition)

Classic Munsch Ultimate Collection

SNAP!

Bain de boue

Bola de Mugre

Mr. Zinger's Hat

The Dance of the Violin

A Trio of Tolerable Tales

Zoomberry

Zoomberry Board Book

InvisiBill

The Man with the Violin

Mud Puddle

My Toronto

Wandering Wenda

Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda

Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes

When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew

Better Together

Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur

Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case

Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas

The Queen's Feet

On Tumbledown Hill

Mattland

My New Shirt

A Dangerous Engine

Bagels from Benny

The Longitude Prize

Enormous Potato, The

Earthlings Inside and Out

Bone Button Borscht