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Shawn Sheehy

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Connection to Illinois: Sheehy lives in Chicago.

Biography: Shawn Sheehy is an artist with a love of ecology who enjoys exploring such themes as interconnectedness, adaptability, and evolution. Passionate about pop-up books, he works sculpturally with the book format and has presented numerous workshops on pop-up engineering across the country. He is the award-winning creator of Welcome to the Neighborwood. Passionate about pop-up books, he works sculpturally with the book format and presents workshops on pop-up engineering across the country.


Awards:
  • ''Welcome to the Neighborwood'',
  • -- Starred Reviews - Booklist, Publishers Weekly

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction; Illustrator; Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Children

Web: https://www.shawnsheehy.com/
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Shawn++Sheehy


Selected Titles

Beyond the Sixth Extinction: A Post-Apocalyptic Pop-Up
ISBN: 076368788X OCLC: 1019884473

Candlewick 2018

A pop-up field guide to eight fantastical creatures from a future world, along with spreads and flaps presenting details about each one.--

Welcome to the Neighborwood
ISBN: 0763665940 OCLC: 881655282

Candlewick 2015

In this pop-up book meet seven animal builders and see how their unique skills help them to survive -- and to live together in harmony in the neighborwood!--Back cover.

 

 

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