My Pop-Up Surprise A B C: Lift the Flaps! Pull the Tabs - Hardcover

Crowther, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0531300382 ISBN 13: 9780531300381

Publisher: Orchard Books, 1997

Synopsis

An eye-popping, early learning tool for preschoolers presents the letters of the alphabet through the use of movable pieces, bold illustrations, and a large-format text.

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From Kirkus Reviews:

A tiny robot guides readers through this inventive pop-up alphabet book, by peeking around corners, popping up over pull- tabs, and materializing behind closed doors. Although the mechanisms that run this pop-up book are simple, they are put to use in many clever ways. For instance, the window for A says ``apple.'' When the reader pulls on a tab, a shiny red apple with an ant on it appears. Folding over the flap with the apple reveals more ants, who have devoured the entire piece of fruit. X--for ``X-ray''--shows the skeletons of not only a boy, but a mouse and the robot. Some actions are straightforward: a sun rises for S; a kite takes flight for K; a rainbow revolves on a wheel to fill the sky for R. Other actions are more involved: A zebra's stripes appear only when the darkness of night lifts, and what seems to be a pull-tab for ``yoyo'' is the toy itself, which descends on an elastic string. The pictures are bright and alive with bugs, kids, and pets, and readers who enjoy a hunt can track the little robot on every page. (Pop-up. 2-6) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-K. Small fingers will have no problems with the large, easily manipulated flaps and pull tabs in these two offerings from a pioneering paper engineer. In ABC, Crowther puts two pop-ups on each page, one per letter, hiding them behind flaps that double as labels: "apple," "bed," "car," etc. 123 is even simpler, counting to 10 with one large number per page. Both books are replete with visual punch lines delivered with cleverly used movement: flowers grow as the "garden" flap is lowered, the "pencil" leaves a blue line as it shortens, a different season lurks behind each of "4 doors." The author places a diminutive, slightly concealed robot into each of his cartoon scenes, and finishes both titles effectively with a panoramic visual recapitulation. The display type is in lower case only, and "5 aeroplanes" may require some translation on this side of the pond, but the author's gift for inventive design will add ranks of post-toddlers to his legions of older fans.?John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0531300382
• ISBN 13: 9780531300381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 14