Customer Reviews

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: A Pop-Up Book

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A wonderful example of a graphic novel greatly enhanced by pop-ups. There is only one real moveable, an opening iris; a great, flailing octopus; an undulating ocean; and other fun pop-ups, from tiny rowboats to large submarines. A great addition for collectors and book lovers.

My boys, then 6 and 4, got this for Christmas last year, along with another pop-up by another author that was for younger kids, which they mostly ignored. They love this one, especially the older one, now 7. He wants it over and over, and now reads it himself, even though it's more for older kids (length & vocabulary wise). Based on this book, they've also wanted to watch the movies of it, and now they have their dad do the movie voices while reading it.

The book has some really impressive pop-ups. It's not a fast read, but is about as brief as it can be while still hitting all the main points of the story. Occasionally it's a little tricky to figure out the order in which to read/lift/read, but this is minor.

I highly recommend it for children to grown-ups.

My older son says, "Whoever made it was a really good pop-up artist, and what made me think of this is that huge whirlpool with all the boats - it's really funny."

We have enjoyed viewing this book . The pop-ups come up with no problems and the detaikls are great. We have use the book to entertain our grand children. They all seemed to enjoy tihis experience.

The book has impressive pop-ups. The story is a little hard to follow around all the layers that fill your eyes.

Ditto what other's have said about how good this book is. Two aspects struck me: One, it stands out from pretty much all other pop-up books because it combines graphic novel (AKA "comics") techniques with pop-ups. Two, if you are interested in making your own pop-up books, this one offers many impressive examples that do not use remarkably complex techniques. In looking at how assorted scenes were constructed I was surprised to see that, in many cases, they used v-folds and scenery flats (albeit in well-designed ways) plus some joints, to do quite a lot. (Compare this to the Star Wars pop-up which struck me as harder to reverse engineer.)

If you've read some books on pop-up construction, and understand the assorted core mechanics and techniques, and want to see some more sophisticated examples you can pluasible copy and experiment with, get this book. (Of course, if you just like well-done pop-up books then you should also get this book. :) )