Robert Crowther's Pop-Up Dinosaur ABC - Hardcover

Crowther, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763672963 ISBN 13: 9780763672966

Publisher: Candlewick, 2015

Synopsis

Presenting a stylish alphabet of dinosaurs from Robert Crowther, the prince of pop-up books.

Turn the pages to say each letter of the alphabet, then lift the flaps to reveal fascinating prehistoric beasts. Filled with ingenious pop-ups and facts about dinosaurs from allosaurus to zuniceratops, here is a book that children will enjoy again and again.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Crowther, one of the world's leading paper engineers, has won international acclaim for his many novelty books, including Pop-up House of Inventions, Cars, Trains, Flight, and Boats. He regularly leads workshops and demonstrations in schools and libraries and at festivals. Robert Crowther lives in England.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-Gr 1—Twenty-six dinosaurs pop up from behind a colorful letter-labeled door, accompanied by brief facts about the creature. The compact size of the flaps, lined up in rows against generous white space, sets up the surprise for each appearance. Arrows indicate which direction each flap opens, lending pleasing variety to the process. A downward pull of the tall rectangular "D," for example, triggers unexpected horizontal movement as the long tail and neck of Diplodocus emerge in opposite directions. Pull-tabs are mixed in with pop-ups to add variety. Most of the pop-up effects support the written information. The plates and spikes of Kentrosaurus are prominent in the pop-up illustration, for example, while Oviraptor's neck reaches downward to protect its eggs from a predator, demonstrating the guarding characteristic noted in the text. The cartoon illustrations aren't meant to be directly accurate anatomical representations, which works fine in most instances: the exaggerated jaws of Herrasaurus, for example, call attention to a prominent feature. On the other hand, while the look and size of the pop-up Tyrannosaurus are impressive, its upright posture is misleading. The clean layout allows readers to absorb each dinosaur one by one; open flaps often overlap their neighboring letters and are clearly meant to be viewed one at a time. VERDICT While the pop-ups themselves aren't visually stunning and the factual information is brief, the words and movable images work together to create an introduction to dinosaurs that has great child appeal.—Steven Engelfried, Wilsonville Public Library, OR

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0763672963
• ISBN 13: 9780763672966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 10
• Illustrator: Crowther Robert