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"" is a pop-up from 2015 and is a great example of an artist book that has been transformed into a mass-market mainstream pop-up that anyone can purchase and enjoy,ā€ said Miriam Intrator, special collections librarian.

Award-winning artist and bookmaker Shawn Sheehy once again offers readers an impressive childrenā€™s book that takes an inside look into the engineered homes of several creatures.

ā€œUsing dramatically unfolding pop-ups to introduce seven woodland animals with special construction skills of their ownā€¦ [This book is] a visually striking and enriching overview of animals living independently and as part of an ecosystemā€ wrote a .

Originally crafted with handmade paper, as is true of Sheehyā€™s publication ā€œā€ that was featured earlier in the series, a pop-up was later created into this mass market version available anywhere.

ā€œYou could go into a bookstore and probably find [the book] yourself. The pop-ups illustrate the nests and homes constructed by insects and other creatures that you might find in your garden, [such as] the honey bee hive,ā€ said Intrator. ā€œHe has found a way through paper engineering to bring those incredible constructions to life.ā€

This earthy investigation of creaturesā€™ homes concludes in an awe-inspiring final spread showing all of them together.

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