Popup Books

Pop-up books have changed a lot since I was a kid.
Maybe it's because the ones I saw were from the library and were already all torn to pieces, but I had no idea that pop-up books had gotten as elaborate as they are now.

There is one 'paper artist' named Matthew Reinhart who has created a retelling of the traditional Cinderella tale.

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And Reinhart collaborated with Robert Sabuda to create a summary of sorts of some of Tomie dePaola's classic books in, Brava, Strega Nona

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I enjoyed those books a lot when I was young.

And one that blew me away was ABC3D by Marion Bataille. You really have to hold it your hands to fully appreciate it.

The problem is, little kids would simply tear this thing apart, particularly the kids of an age when they're still learning the alphabet. But, still pretty rad.