Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Here, beautifully presented in 3-D pop-ups, are five familiar and much-loved carols: O Christmas Tree, Silent Night, We Three Kings, Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Ding Dong Merrily on High. Complemented by the melody line and guitar chords, these carols evoke the traditional spirit of Christmas.

Angels climb up to decorate a swirling Christmas tree; a seraphic sphere mysteriously appears in the silent night above a miniature, glowing, Nativity; the Three King's star slowly turns into a rose-window kaleidoscope; hosts of angels wing in flight across the sky; and, in a rousing finale, ranks of small choirboys watch as two choristers take turns to ring the great cathedral bell. This beautiful and ingenious pop-up treasury makes a perfect Christmas gift.

FRANCESCA CRESPI has a background in theatre design from Milan, Italy. She is much admired internationally for the richness of her illustrations and her original use of paper-engineering in her books. Her other pop-up books for Frances Lincoln are The Nativity (ISBN 978-1-84507343-5)and Ding Dong, Merrily on High, Six Pop-Up Christmas Carols (ISBN 978-1 84507-861-4). Francesca divides her time between north London and Italy.