In this pop-up pirate adventure, five pirates try to avoid being eaten by a shark when their ship springs a leak. They try to plug the hole with everything from the captain's coat to his rope, but in the end it's their smelly feet that turn the shark away. Each spread features a colorful, intricate pop-up designed by a master paper engineer, and the pop-ups grow more elaboratewith each turn of the page.
My latest book is "Paper Blossoms. A Book of Beautiful Bouquets for the Table." This unique book features 5 elaborate flower arrangements designed to be kept open for display on your coffee table or other surface. For a behind the scenes look at making pop-up books, or to make some yourself, please visit www.raymarshall.com
Also available, "The Castaway Pirates" a pop-up tale of "Bad Luck, Sharp Teeth and Stinky Toes!" See what happens when a crew of hapless pirates find themselves adrift after losing their ship. This book is wonderfully illustrated by Wilson Swain.
I became fascinated with pop-up books back in 1979 whilst working as an art director in a London advertising agency. I contacted my illustrator friend Korky Paul and asked him if he would be interested in working on a pop-up book with me. Fortunately he said yes. That book, The Crocodile and the Dumpertruck was the first of 24 interactive books for children that I designed between then and 1990.
I took a "short break" from pop-ups between 1991 and 2005 running my own graphic design business. It was only a matter of time before my family convinced me to return to pop-up books and so after some brain-storming and distractions the Castaway Pirates appeared.
