The Artist Who Loved Cats, a picture book biography

A project in Los Angeles, CA by Susan & Courtenay
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If you like Paris, art and cats, you'll LOVE this charming children's book about famous "Le Chat Noir" artist Theophile Steinlen.
Backers: 147
Average Pledge Per Backer: $68

Funded: $9,978 of $6,500
Dates: Aug 17th -> Sep 19th (33 days)
Project By: Susan & Courtenay
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Latest News

It Would Be A CATastrophe If You Missed This!

September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers, Just a friendly reminder that there are less than 2 days before The Artist Who Loved Cats campaign comes to an end, so please pass this along to any and all cat-art-Paris obsessed people in your life. If we hit $10,000 (we're so... (Read More)

The Purrington Post

September 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Big Mews -- er, NEWS! We are delighted to announce that The Purrington Post is a new friend of our campaign, and has featured our book and Kickstarter campaign on their delightful cat website and social media channels. Here is a link to the... (Read More)

A Tiny Taste of The Artist Who Loved Cats

September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Bonjour! We hope you enjoy this little "book hors d'oeuvre", featuring the talented Tony Sears as Noir. Bon Appétit! xoxo Susan & Courtenay  You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00... (Read More)

We've Reached a Milestone!

September 6th - via: kickstarter.com
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www.Steinlen.net is one of our backers!

August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
The creator of one of our favorite resources for Steinlen research supported our campaign this week! Steinlen.net is a website with an extensive collection of images of Steinlen works from collections all around the world. Click on a category and... (Read More)

We Did-Did-Did-Did It! Merci!

August 30th - via: kickstarter.com
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PRESS RELEASE - Cats, Art & Paris: See Why This New Children's Book Has Kickstarter Backers Purring

August 24th - via: digitaljournal.com
Author Susan Bernardo and illustrator Courtenay Fletcher have teamed up on a new children's picture book titled "The Artist Who Loved Cats: The Inspiring Tale of Theophile Steinlen." (Read More)

Love, love, love! (or should we say more "amour"?)!

August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Kickstarter selected us as a "Project We Love"!! We kicked off our Kickstarter campaign on Friday - a mere five days ago - and were immediately moved by the tremendous support for our project!! Merci! It just keeps getting more magnifique: in the... (Read More)

Wow-meow and Merci Beaucoup!

August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Friends - We are so touched by the tremendous response we received yesterday when we announced this Kickstarter project!  It is always a teensy bit terrifying to put new work into the spotlight -- not knowing how it will be received. Your... (Read More)

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