Marian Godina is a traffic policeman in Brasov, Romania who has acquired more than 150,000 fans because of the amusing stories he posts about his day to day adventures as a cop on Facebook. His both books became instant best-sellers. After dazzling success with his very first book “Oncoming Flashes” launched in February in 2016, only two months later Marian Godina, the famous Romanian police officer launched a second title, a book for children, having in mind the importance of reading and education at an early age.

In Mission with Marian teaches children about traffic rules. It brings down preconception ideas that police officers are mean people and children need to avoid them. Thus, they learn to trust them, as they are not strangers any longer, but friends that rush to keep us all safe and protected. Starting from real characters and facts, Marian the police officer explains to a little boy Luca why police has its importance in society. Who are policemen and what is their task? What is a safety belt? Where to cross the street? are few of the questions this book aims to answer in a playful friendly way to small children. Richly illustrated and simple language, this book offers children appropriate material on simple societal rules for their age. Apart of its usefulness, this book touches tactfully the issue of trust. This book enhances the idea of societal stability, honesty and righteousness.