Sean Cassidy Explained

Sean Cassidy is a Canadian illustrator and writer of children's books.^[1] He started writing in 1995.^[2]

He was born in Montreal and grew up there. After earning a BA and BEd, he taught school for 35 years until he retired in 2005.^[2] With his wife, Cassidy travelled widely in North America and Europe, later settling in Orangeville, Ontario.^{[3] [4]}

Cassidy books have won the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award^[5] and the Mr. Christie's Book Award,^{[6] [7]} and have been nominated for other awards. His books have been included as "Blue Spruce" selections by the Ontario Library Association^[4] and as "Shining Willow" selections by Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice – The Willow Awards.^[1]

Sean was president of CANSCAIP, the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers, for a term beginning 2009, after two years as vice president.^[3] He is also a member of the Writers' Union of Canada, the CCBC (Canadian Children's Book Centre), and IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People).^[3]

Works

• Hanna Bear's Christmas
• Wake Up, Henry Rooster! ^[4]
• Gummytoes ^[4]
• Good to Be Small ^[4]
• Ten Little Puppies (illustrator)
• The Chicken Cat (illustrator) ^[6]

External links

• • http://www.seancassidyauthorillustrator.com/ Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sean Cassidy – Canadian Children's Book Centre . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706172459/http://www.bookcentre.ca/directory/sean_cassidy . 6 July 2011 .
2. A school of writers . Canadian Children's Book News . Summer 2006 . 29 . 3 . 10 . . .
3. Web site: CANSCAIP Member Public Profile . Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers . 2015-07-31.
4. News: Hoover . Doreen . Illustrating the world of children's books . Dunnville Chronicle . 3 May 2006 . . B11 . .
5. News: Awards: Schwartz award winners named . . 24 April 2001 . F8 . .
6. News: McNaughton wins children's book award . 20 June 2020 . . 13 June 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003135/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/mcnaughton-wins-childrens-book-award/article25441241/ . 2016-03-05 . live . . R2. Alt URL
7. News: Goodfellow . Ashley . For the love of children's lit: Local author/illustrator wins award for children's storybook . The Midweek Banner . 17 October 2003 . . 18 . .