Andrew Baron (born 1962) is a self-taught,[1] award-winning paper engineer and singled out by Robert Sabuda, a leading children's pop-up book artist, as a wunderkind of pull tabs,[2] specific devices used to cause movement in pop-up books.
Baron was awarded the Movable Book Society's Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineering in 2004 for Knick-Knack Paddywhack!
500 people [at the Hua Yang Printing Company in China] worked on the book.
"[3] Of this book, Robert Sabuda noted, "his designs are unique, complex, thoughtful and he doesn't skimp on the amount of paper or rivets needed to accomplish an action.
"[4] Baron has also repaired and restored old clocks, music boxes, radios and typewriters since childhood.