Pop-up Classic, If I do say so myself!
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This unique and beautifully illustrated book is based on a real live "Aunt Julie." Meg Davenport's, Aunt Julie, saved Meg's childhood by allowing her child spirit to soar. Julie always had millions of projects going at once and her love for life and the creative spirit became contagious to her niece and nephews. This book took 3 years to design and a year to illustrate. It is a true labor of love and should be in any Pop-up collectors library of the wonders of paper and art. Robert Sabuda, the kind of paper engineering, gave Circus! a 5 STAR in his Moveable Book Newsletter.
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Buy it, just buy it! you know you want it... well?
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A lot of them pop up :) remembered my childhood. My kids enjoyed it so much!
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Perfect popovers the first time (using included recipe).
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Spectacular Pop-ups, beautifully done, very intricate. Most pages have two separate pop-ups. I will enjoy reading this to my grandchild and we will marvel together at the scenes that magically unfold before our eyes. Not suitable for handling by toddlers without adult supervision because, as with all pop ups, the pages can be torn easily by exuberant little hands!
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If you like Sabuda's pop up books, you'll love this one, too.  Period.  There's only one "new" pop up in there (the rest are some used in The Christmas Alphabet, but only the C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A,S letters are used) but it's a small book in size and the cost enables it to be given as a stocking stuffer, etc.  Highly recommended!
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With this latest pop-up book the authors Chris Beatrice and Bruce Whatley have out done themselves in illustrating the classic Aesop Fables! Each story is breathtakingly illustrated with lush colour pictures and paper engineering by Kees Moerbeek! With the GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG the surprises that the farmer and the wife find are well illustrated and presented with each turn of the pop-up page! And when the farmer has a look of concern over what his wife will do next as she decides to kill the goose to get all the eggs at once a flip of the page reveals the goose has been killed and the animals look sad at the loss! These smaller pop-ups reveal the full story while the large center piece shows the goose in full glory before her demise!

In THE FOX AND THE CROW a spectacular tree stands in full view with the fox at bottom and the crow at the very top! When the fox compliments the crow and says I bet your voice is preetier then the other birds, the crow agrees and lets out a caw, caw sound and the fox gobbles up the cheese that the crow had in it's beak! The fox said, "You do have a beautiful voice but you don't seem to have a brain!"

In the familar story The TORTOISE AND THE HARE the pop-ups present the wily hare who is outdone by the tortoise in the last pop-up page! The next 5 storys are presented with one pop-up for each story on a 2 page spread! THE HORSE AND THE STAG, THE DOG AND HIS BONE, TWO TRAVELERS AND A BEAR, THE WIND AND THE SUN, and THE FOX AND THE GRAPES each have an approprite pop-up to illustrate their tale. At times the pop-ups are tricky to fold back in but they fold in well for the most part!

The next to last story is THE LION AND THE MOUSE with the tale starting out with the lion catching a mouse who has woken him up! When the mouse suggests he might help the lion some day the lion lets him go! The center pop-up shows the lion captured in a net and the last pop-up shows the lion freed by the mouse for a happy ending!

Finnaly there is THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER with this pop-up tale well presented and Aesop is presented as a boy surrounded by his animal friends! Highly recommended!
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I got this one after years of patiently waiting for the price to come down somewhere around "reasonable", after a time-frame when it was apparently hard to get ahold of and vendors were really cashing in because of that! Oh my stars, it was every bit as fun as the first time I saw it, and I can't recall now where I saw it first, possibly cable. I remember all of the kids at school talking about it though before even that.
I will just give fair warning and say that it's not for anyone aiming to be politically correct, nor is it for parents who are too easily offended by anything more than a screwdriver sitting on the work-table. It is also not. for. kids. Especially impressionable ones, who tend to mimic what they see. Enjoy!
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Just like it looks, pops up with a button. Lovely!
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Pop is a little tugboat in the harbor, working happily all day with a "pop pop pop."  One day he encounters Toot, the biggest boat he has ever seen.  As big as Toot is, his pride is even bigger.  I won't spoil the rest.

Right off the bat, I have to tell you that first we found this in the library, and then we read it at home.  On a spur of the moment whim, I decided when reading Toot's part to exaggerate the "Toot!" noises and try my best to make them sound like fog horn "tooooooooooooooooots."  My children (1 and 3), laugh and laugh and beg for me to read this one again.

The art is nice, and the message of even the biggest need help some times from the smallest is a classic.  My kids ask for it over and over, and that's my best gauge for whether or not it is an enjoyable read.
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It's easy to study Pop-up making.
It's good for beginner.
I like it.
I will study very hardly so I will be Pop-up engineer!

Goodluck Everybody~!
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I actually haven't read this book yet -- I purchased it for a friend, who's an avid Stephen King fan and would appreciate the novelty of a Stephen King pop-up book.  I feel compelled to give a few words of warning to those who are considering purchasing this item.

First of all -- this is NOT a children's book.  I know that's stating the obvious, seeing as it's a Stephen King work, but just as people tend to automatically assume that any animated movie is fit for children (which results in kids seeing non-child-friendly films such as "Heavy Metal" and "Grave of the Fireflies"), people also assume that any pop-up book is a children's book.  "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon," though it features a child protagonist, is most definitely not fit for children, as it's a horror tale meant for adults.  Also, young children might tear or damage this book if left unattended with it.

Second of all -- this book does NOT contain the full text of the original novel.  It's an abridged version -- even though I haven't read the full novel yet (though I've skimmed parts of it), even I could tell that this is mostly an outline of the original book.  It's probably best as a supplement to the actual novel, something to accompany it rather than replace it.

All that said, however, this really is a fun and novel item, especially for a King enthusiast.  It has all sorts of neat foldouts and hidden elements, so even those familiar with the original story are sure to find something to delight in.  And it's fairly sturdily built for a pop-up book, which means that it will last a long time in your collection provided you don't let the kids have a turn with it.

My friend was quite delighted with this book, and I think anyone who's a King fan will appreciate it very much.
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Pop-up books have been around for a long while but PREDATORS is not your every day pop-up book! The awesome pop-ups seem to jump out at you in such a realistic way! The detail is creative and technically astounding. I would highly recommend this book be supervised with younger children below the age of 10. The intricate, detailed engineered way each part comes up and out is such an intriguing
feat. It is important that you close the book pages as carefully as you open them. There are so many parts that it is important they go back the way they came out so they will continue to work for years to come.

There are six predators in the book and not only do they pop out but also pop up and swing out. The writing is minimal which sometimes is hard to see once the pages are open but the visual makes up for that. There is a shark that comes out of a cave with its mouth open, a polar bear that also has cubs around him on ice blocks. The crocodile is as expected from viewing the cover, only better! I found the spider in it intricate web-like scene to be my favorite.

This is a book that young will enjoy while adults will be amazed at as well. I think it makes a great gift for older children and adults alike! The pop-ups will make your eyes surely POP!
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A great pop-up book! As an armchair paleontologist, I was happy to see that 1) all the dinosaurs were consistently from the same time period--the Cretaceous, 2) all of the dinosaurs walked with their tales well above the ground, ) T. rex is shown with two fingers on its short forearms
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Being a child of the 80s, we all remember this one! If you can find it for ~$25 here on Amazon, go for it. Lots of extra goodies...and mine came still in it's shipping cardboard from the manufacturer. Also, surprised to see they are individually numbered..limited edition of 100,000. I'm not sure how "limited" that is..but still..it was a nice touch :)
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I LOVE Don Dohler's work. The man was hero of sorts and an inspiration to kids like myself back in the late 70's/early80's who were aspiring to be little Steven Spielberg juniors using our parents' Super8mm home movie cameras. His work was semi-regularly featured in long-defunct Starlog magazine's sister publication, the awesome CineMagic. I recall this film being released on home video back in the late 80's/early 90's in 2 different versions. Same cover art and back of the box descriptions. Only difference was the tagline on the front of the box. Originally, it read "He came to earth. His goal? To survive!"  When folks didn't seem to respond to the idea of a kindly alien who didn't snack on Reese's Pieces, the box's end tagline was changed so that his new goal was "To KILL!!!" LOL.

This film may be a chore to watch for those not accustomed to the desperate, hard times/no money offerings from Dohler who, (along with a handful of others), was miraculously able to turn what were essentially home movies into legit home video releases. If you can get into his work then you're in luck since the film can be viewed without the RiffTrax voiceovers, allowing you to watch it as it was intended. If this stuff isn't your cup of tea, then the MST3K-cum-RiffTrax crew will help make it a little more palatable with a heaping helping of their stinging riffs. I love seeing this both ways. Thank you RiffTrax!
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BEEEP BOP BOOP ZTTT WEEE
Translation: Getting this made me feel like a kid again!
Voice commands are a bit tricky and could be more documentation would be nice.
Found some great easter eggs on line!