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Sky All Around

by Sarah Shey; Illustrated by Dustin Kelly

20 pages; Saddle stitched; Illustrated; catalogue #04-2185; ISBN 1-4120-4377-8; US$12.00, C$15.00, EUR9.75, £6.76

Sky All Around is a keepsake picture book--for children and adults. Filled with bold pictures and lyrical rhymes, the book captures the nuances of an Iowan farming town.

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About the Book

Sky All Around is a picture book that children and adults--whether in two-story farm houses or twenty-story apartment buildings--will savor reading together. At once realistic and lyrical, the book explores a farming community by highlighting well-known landmarks through evocative watercolor and rhyme.

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About the Author and Illustrator

About the Author:

Sarah Shey was born and raised on a cattle, corn and bean farm in Iowa. She has written for The New York Times, Time Out New York, The New York Sun, The Des Moines Register, The Iowan, Bridal Guide, This Old House Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She received her MFA in writing from Columbia University and her BA from Northwestern University. This is her first picture book.

Shey also wrote Blue Lake Days, a children's book based on Iowa's Lake Okoboji.

About the Illustrator:

A native of northeast Iowa, Dustin Kelly received his BFA in sculpture from the University of Iowa.

Photo credit: Marc L. Abrams, June 2005

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