Peter Pan: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up

by Robert Sabuda (Illustrator), J.M. Barrie

Overview

Readers will delight in this retelling of the classic story of Neverland, pirates, and flying. Robert Sabuda's elegant text and paper engineering give new life to favorite charcters like Tinkerbell, Wendy, Michael, and John, and, of course, Peter Pan. Sabuda's beautiful pop-ups are further complemented by full color illustrations that pull readers even deeper into the magical world that is Neverland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689853647
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	11/04/2008
Series:	Classic Collectible Pop-up Series
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	85,143
Product dimensions:	7.36(w) x 10.56(h) x 2.43(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Robert Sabuda is one of the most innovative and inventive children's book creators and is known worldwide for his amazing pop-up paper engineering. His books include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Twelve Days of Christmas, The Night Before Christmas, The Winter's Tale, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, to name but afew, have garnered numerous awards and have made the New York Times bestseller lists on many occasions. He 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

Sometimes great artists are born in painful moments. Young Bobby Sabuda was fidgeting in a Michigan dentist's office when his mother passed him a superb distraction: a pop-up book. As the sounds of drills lifted into oblivion, new ideas dawned. In the decades since that day, Sabuda has been engineering ever more wondrous three-dimensional enchantments. Here he transports us to the timeless realm of Neverland, peopled by Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Wendy, Michael, John, and, yes, even a few pirates. Peter Pan is a high-flying follow-up to the author's Chronicles of Narnia Pop-Up.

Continuing to innovate, Sabuda enhances the already powerful enchantments of J.M. Barrie's classic 1902 tale with astonishing paper engineering. Illustrations suggest a hybrid of period styles, somewhere between arts and crafts, with their rich patterning, and art nouveau, with their Tiffany glass-like outlines and colorations. At first Sabuda's techniques look familiar if splendid. Pop-up story booklets are tucked to the side of imposing pop-ups that dominate a full spread: enormous clouds (these are shaped like characters) billow over a 3-D London nightscape on the opening spread; to the left, the text begins on narrow pages that unfold to include pop-ups of Nana, Wendy stitching Peter's shadow and more. As the book continues, Sabuda's work becomes more surprising-Captain Hook slides down a hollow tree-until, on a final climactic spread, an entire pirate ship pops up, masts, Jolly Roger and all. Not to be missed. All ages. (Nov.)

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