A Pop-Up Book of Nursery Rhymes: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up

by Matthew Reinhart, Matthew Reinhart (Illustrator)

Overview

Matthew Reinhart's phenomenal paper engineering, as evidenced in Cinderella and The Jungle Book brings an added dimension — literally — to the classic telling of Mother Goose's most treasured nursery rhymes. With six spreads of of pop ups and and mini book, this book is a phenomenal family keepsake to read for years to come.

Six spreads with full pop ups on each spread and mini books with pops throughout; book will be shrinkwrapped.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416918257
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	09/22/2009
Pages:	12
Sales rank:	53,279
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.70(d)
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Matthew Reinhart, a graduate of the Pratt Institute, is the highly acclamied author of Animal Popposites, The Ark, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book for Little Simon. His pop-up career began while working with Robert Sabuda on books like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Movable Mother Goose, before breaking into the world of pop-ups on his own. Matthew lives in New York City.

Matthew Reinhart, a graduate of the Pratt Institute, is the highly acclamied author of Animal Popposites, The Ark, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book for Little Simon. His pop-up career began while working with Robert Sabuda on books like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Movable Mother Goose, before breaking into the world of pop-ups on his own. Matthew lives in New York City.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1971

Place of Birth:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Education:

B.S. in Biological Sciences, Clemson University, 1994; Graduate Degree in Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, 1998

Website:

http://www.matthewreinhart.com

Editorial Reviews

This chunky, little—six by eight by almost two inches—pop-up book is much too complex and elegant for pre-school children. True, the book contains the familiar words and images of fifteen well-known verses for the very young, but its dazzling movements and sophisticated illustrations would be wasted on children too young to understand or appreciate its artistry, nor would their little fingers have the patience to return small folded parts back into their places. Each of the five double page spreads contains three different nursery rhymes with one of them on each page given an extra-large, multi-layered pop-up and the remaining two having smaller combination pop-up and lift-the-flap presentations. The feature rhymes are "Hey Diddle, Diddle," "Humpty Dumpty," "I'm a Little Teapot," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." Of these the "Itsy, Bitsy Spider" has the largest pop-up, and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" is the most amazing with stars twinkling outside a bedroom window. All ten of the smaller pop-ups are just as awesome, only smaller. Older children and adults will be enchanted all over again with this very special book of nursery rhymes. Reviewer: Eleanor Heldrich

Children's Literature - Eleanor Heldrich