Ray Marshall

In 2012 "Paper Blossoms" won the Meggendorfer Award for Best Pop-Up Book of the past two years!! I'm so surprised at how well this book has been received and have read some very touching letters from people who have either bought or received a copy for different reasons. I had no idea that a pop-up book could generate such emotion! Thank you!!

My follow up to "Paper Blossoms - A Book of Beautiful Bouquets for the Table" is "Paper Blossoms, Butterflies, and Birds." This is an opportunity to have a "fresh" selection of arrangements handy for display! This new book takes the arrangements a step further by incorporating some of the flowers or other details that people have asked for.

The original "Paper Blossoms - A Book of Beautiful Bouquets for the Table." is still available and continues to "blossom" in other countries! This unique book features 5 elaborate flower arrangements designed to be kept open for display on your coffee table or other surface. For a behind the scenes look at making pop-up books, or to make some yourself, please visit www.raymarshall.com

Also available, "The Castaway Pirates" a pop-up tale of "Bad Luck, Sharp Teeth and Stinky Toes!" See what happens when a crew of hapless pirates find themselves adrift after losing their ship. This book is wonderfully illustrated by Wilson Swain.

I became fascinated with pop-up books back in 1979 whilst working as an art director in a London advertising agency. I contacted my illustrator friend Korky Paul and asked him if he would be interested in working on a pop-up book with me. Fortunately he said yes. That book, The Crocodile and the Dumpertruck was the first of 24 interactive books for children that I designed between then and 1990.

I took a "short break" from pop-ups between 1991 and 2005 running my own graphic design business. It was only a matter of time before my family convinced me to return to pop-up books and so after some brain-storming and distractions the Castaway Pirates appeared.