Islandport Press
Location: Newcastle, Maine
Northern Tides would like to congratulate author Robert F. Baldwin and illustrator Astrid Sheckels for being recognized as the Gold Medal Award winners of the 2010 Moonbeam Award, Best Picture Book for all ages.
About the Author:
Robert F. Baldwin (1934-2007) was a modern day troubadour, singing, playing the banjo and collecting and telling stories wherever he went. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he attended 12 grade schools and the excitement of exploring new places stayed with him all his life. His articles and stories about the sea, the people who work on it, and the creatures that live in it have appeared in Sea Frontiers, Down East, Offshore, Maine Boats and Harbors and Yankee. His children's books include New England Whaler, This is the Sea That Feeds Us and Cities Through Time: Beijing. After living in Virginia, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Iowa, Bob and his wife Annabelle settled in Newcastle, Maine, where Bob first heard the story of the fish house door.
About the Illustrator:
Astrid Sheckels was born and raised in the farming town of Hatfield, Massachusetts. She cannot remember a time when she wasn't listening to, telling or illustrating stories. Her detailed illustrations give every story more depth and dimension, and the scenes and faces in The Fish House Door are based on location photo shoots and real New Englanders. Astrid's first children's book, The Scallop Christmas, written by Jane Freeberg and published by Islandport Press, won a 2009 Maine Lupine Honor Award, given annually to a picture book of outstanding merit. She lives, paints, and teaches in western Massachusetts.
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Hardcover, illustrated children's book, $16.95. 2010 Moonbeam Award Winner for Best Picture Book