Believe: A Pop-Up Book of Possibilities

by Robert Sabuda, Robert Sabuda (Illustrator)

Overview

Consummate pop-up master Robert Sabuda offers an elegant ode to possibility that will inspire anyone setting off on a new life chapter.

All of life’s possibilities are just a page turn away in this beautiful pop-up book from renowned paper artist Robert Sabuda. Throughout, phrases and images evoking potential (an acorn, an egg, a paper airplane) are answered by a glorious 3-D image on the following spread (a towering tree, a flock of birds, a rocket soaring upward). An ideal gift for graduates from kindergarten to college and beyond, Believe is the perfect way to celebrate life’s passages and look forward to new horizons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763663971
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	04/09/2019
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	223,066
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 8.13(h) x 1.47(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Robert Sabuda is internationally acclaimed for his stunning pop-up books, including Ten Horse Farm, The Christmas Story, and the best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica and Encyclopedia Mythologica series, created with Matthew Reinhart. Robert Sabuda lives in New York City.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

March 8, 1965

Place of Birth:

Pinckney, Michigan

Education:

B.F.A., Pratt Institute, 1987

Website:

http://www.robertsabuda.com

Editorial Reviews

04/22/2019

Sabuda’s small pop-up book offers light affirmations for the future: “When I grow up/ I will stand tall./ When I strive for my goals/ I will savor the outcome./ When I share my dreams/ we will fly together.” Gracefully engineered pop-up forms representing potential, growth, and progress accompany the uplifting lines. With a turn of the page, a printed bee becomes a garden of sunflowers; a paper airplane evolves into a 3-D rocket ship (“From a humble beginning/ to a life among the stars”). Sabuda provides striking contrast between the delicate white paper of the pop-ups and the eye-catching colors of the spreads, elevating the sophistication of this congratulatory volume. Ages 5–8. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

A pop-up invitation to dream big...It's easy to imagine this giving Oh, the Places You'll Go a run for its money as a perennial graduation gift. An elevated outing, perhaps a touch vague but, as ever, magnificently designed.
—Kirkus Reviews

Sabuda provides striking contrast between the delicate white paper of the pop-ups and the eye-catching colors of the spreads, elevating the sophistication of this congratulatory volume.
—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2019-03-03

A pop-up invitation to dream big.

With his latest set of seemingly miraculous white pop-ups, Sabuda urges expansive life goals. Accompanying a flat image of a small pine cone, the phrase "When I grow up" concludes, with a page turn, "I will stand TALL," next to a towering tree. "When I strive for my goals" (a small bee looping in for a landing) leads to a magnificent stand of finely petaled sunflowers and a satisfied "I will savor the outcome." A bowl of eggs turns to a swirling flight of birds when dreams are shared; dreaming "of the future" transforms a bath toy into a great ship in full sail; a multileveled castle is the result when "I build my life"; and finally the "humble beginning" envisioned as a paper airplane becomes a rocket blasting off "to a life among the stars." Younger viewers may be more inclined to admire the way each model unfolds and marvel at its intricate paper engineering than to embellish the metaphorical images with specific personal ambitions—but the wide-angled outlook may inspire at least some longer thoughts. It's easy to imagine this giving Oh, the Places You'll Go a run for its money as a perennial graduation gift.

An elevated outing, perhaps a touch vague but, as ever, magnificently designed. (Pop-up picture book. 7-9, adult)

Kirkus Reviews