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Nancy E. Shaw

Born: 1946   Pittsburg
Parents: Walter Mark (a graphic arts purchasing agent and account and Dorothy L. Shaw (a medical secretary)
Spouse: D. Scott Shaw (an engineer)
Children: Allison, Daniel
Address(es):
Permanent :
c/o Houghton Mifflin Company, 222 Berkeley Street
Boston , MA 02116
USA
Permanent :
1306 Harbrooke Ave
Ann Arbor , MI 48103
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.nancyshawbooks.com
Email : See website
Phone : 734-769-4229
image of Nancy E. Shaw

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Sheep go to Sleep
- Illustration by Margot Apple 		Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2015
Image of Elena's Story Elena's Story
- illustrated by Kristina Rodanas 		Fiction Children Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press 2012
Image of Sheep Blast Off! Sheep Blast Off!
- Illustration by Margot Apple 		Picture Book Children Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company 2008
Image of Raccoon Tune Raccoon Tune
- Illustration by Howard Fine...Michigan Reads! selection, 2008. 		Picture Book Children New York: Henry Holt and Company 2003
Image of Sheep Trick or Treat Sheep Trick or Treat
- Illustration by Margot Apple 		Picture Book Children Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company 1997
Image of Sheep Take a Hike Sheep Take a Hike
- Illustration by Margot Apple 		Picture Book Children Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company 1994
Image of Sheep Out to Eat Sheep Out to Eat
- Illustration by Margot Apple 		Picture Book Children Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company 1992
Image of Sheep in a Shop Sheep in a Shop
- Illustration by Margot Apple 		Picture Book Children Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company 1991
Image of Sheep on a Ship Sheep on a Ship
- Illustration by Margot Apple 		Picture Book Children Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company 1989
Image of Sheep in a Jeep Sheep in a Jeep
- Illustration by Margot Apple 		Picture Book Children Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company 1986

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes
Author will accept inquiries for engagements and will answer letters from students and teachers.

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year list: Sheep Blast Off! 2009
Michigan Reads! One State, One Picture Book Award for Racoon Tune 2008
"A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy from 2003" from the Pennsylvania Center for the Book for Raccoon Tune 2004
Parents' Choice Award for Sheep Take a Hike 1996
Parents' Choice Award for Sheep in a Shop 1994
"Best Books of 1992" citation, SLJ, for Sheep Out to Eat 1992
"Best Books of 1991" citation, SLJ, for Sheep in a Shop 1991
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award for Sheep in a Shop 1991
Reading Magic Award, Parenting magazine, for Sheep in a Shop 1991
"Fanfare 1987" citation, Horn Book for Sheep in a Jeep 1987
Jule and Avery Hopwood Award, University of Michigan 1968

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 196 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 148, 195 		2002
Seventh book of Junior Authors & Illustrators 1996
Something about the Author, vol 71 1993
Something about the Author, volume(s) 71, 162, 282 1993

Memberships:

Name Date
Phi Beta Kappa

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Harvard University Cambridge , MA 1970
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1968

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Freelance Writer 1982
Author of Radio Scripts for Senior Sounds University of Michigan Institue of Gerontology Ann Arbor , MI 1978 -1981

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/ashaw%2C+nancy/ashaw+nancy/1%2C11%2C82%2CB/exact&FF=ashaw+nancy+nancy+e&1%2C41%2C/indexsort=-

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