Sean Rubin

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Sean Rubin is an American illustrator and author of children's books.

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Rubin is known for writing and illustrating the children's book Bolivar. He also illustrated some of the Redwall and contributed to the Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard anthology. [1]

Rubin was born in Brooklyn, New York and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. [2]

Bolivar

Bolivar is about Bolivar the dinosaur and his young neighbour Sybil in New York City.

Rubin began work on Bolivar in 2003, commencing illustration work in 2011. Published by Archaia in 2017, Bolivar was named an NY Public Libraries Best Book of 2017, [3] and was also nominated for an Eisner Award. [4]

In April 2018 it was announced Bolivar was acquired by Fox, 21 Laps Entertainment and Boom! Studios to be adapted into a feature film. [5]

This Very Tree

In 2021 Rubin wrote and illustrated This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth.

Published by Pan Macmillan, the book narrates the life of the Callery Pear nicknamed the "Survivor Tree", discovered at Ground Zero following the September 11 attacks in New York. [6]

Awards

Rubin and author Susan Kusel won the Sydney Taylor Book Award in 2022 for their book The Passover Guest, a retelling of the I.L. Peretz story. It was published by Neal Porter Books in 2021. [7]

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References

  1. Mouse Guard books: Legends of the Guard, mouseguard.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  2. "Welcome". SEAN RUBIN. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. "New York Public Library Announces Its Best Books of 2017 for Kids and Teens". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. Brown, Tracy (27 April 2018). "'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' and 'Monstress' lead 2018 Eisner Awards nominations". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. Fleming, Mike Jr. (2018-04-30). "Graphic Novel 'Bolivar' Tapped For Movie by Fox, 21 Laps & BOOM!". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  6. "This Very Tree - Pan Macmillan AU". Pan Macmillan Australia. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  7. "Sydney Taylor Book Award" . Retrieved 2022-01-24.