Type of bind: Hardcover
Label: Little Simon
Manufacturer: Little Simon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 12
Printing Date: 1999-10
Publishing house: Little Simon
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 677922
Studio: Little Simon
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Product Description:
Robert Sabuda's The Movable Mother Goose puts a new spin on traditional nursery rhymes as they come alive in a glorious explosion of color!
This pop-up extravaganza by award winner Robert Sabuda is destined to become a new classic for all generations.
Amazon.com Review:
This elaborate pop-up book adds a spectacular twist to Mother Goose's well-loved rhymes. Paper artist Robert Sabuda, preeminent patriarch of modern pop-up engineering, brings yet another explosion of motion and colour to his latest masterpiece. Attributing animal personalities to nursery-rhyme characters, he surprises young readers time and again. In 'Jack Be Nimble,' for example, the fellow leaping lithely over a candlestick is none other than a grasshopper. And the Man in the Moon is seen from a startling perspective: he has decidedly alien features! Sabuda's quirky take on traditional rhymes, combined with his fantastic folding, moving, spinning paper sculptures, will have pop-up fanciers and Mother Goose devotees clamoring for more. Sturdier than most pop-ups, these three-dimensional constructions are nonetheless vulnerable to tiny grabbing hands. At his best, Sabuda creates breathtaking displays of pop-up craftsmanship, as in the 'four and twenty blackbirds' bursting rowdily out of a pie, mirrored sunglasses on every one. At his worst, he creates slightly bewildering beings, such as the star-shaped Jill in 'Jack and Jill' tumbling down a mysterious edifice. He may occasionally (and understandably--what a fun job!) get carried away with his engineering feats. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2W4W4WC91HG0L This is a brief video overview of this attractive pop-up book.
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My gentle son never ripped it, but his friends tore it up! very fun and beautful to look at and a special gift, but it is definitely delicate.
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I am a collector of pop up books (especially by Robert Sabuda) I have been collecting as a teacher and as a parent for many years. I also give pop up books away as gifts. Unfortunately I found the paper quality and the colour of the Movable Mother Goose book to be poor. I think this probably is a manufactures error rather than author.
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I bought this book as a gift for the flowergirl in my wedding, she is 4 years old. At very first when I recieved it I thought it might be too young for her, however, seeing her eyes light up when she opened it changed my mind for sure. She kept calling the book magic! As many of the rhymes are familiar to her she thought she was reading, and being a reading teacher I know that memeorizing text is the very first step to actual reading, so anything to get a young child interested in reading I am all for! One problem I did notice while just looking at the book myslef is that once the book has been opened a few times, a few of the pop-ups begin to get difficult to close. But overall, an incredible, magical book!
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I love all the Robet Sabuda pop-up books. They are amazingly detailed and this is no exception. Gorgeous book, and appeals to adults at least as much as to kids. The incredible skill it took to make this book is more likely to be appreciated by adults - although we are all enchanted by the pictures.
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