Humpty Dumpty: A Pop-up Book [Hardcover]

Moira Kemp (Author)

Book Description

An exuberant pop-up book follows the dramatic fall of Humpty Dumpty from the wall and the arrival of the ineffective king's horses and men before the king, queen, and a clever glue-bearing doctor fix him up. BOMC.

Editorial Reviews

From Kirkus Reviews

Humpty Dumpty ($12.99; Oct. 1996; 10 pp.; 0-525-67540-X): Here's one version of this verse where the egg hero doesn't end up scrambled! Bold, three-dimensional pop-ups are big, clear, and solidly engineered, to survive a fair amount of toddler use and abuse. The familiar story and the paper mechanics flow easily, so that children who know the lines by heart will find themselves ``reading'' and turning pages at exactly the right moment. While there's a scant number of pages, all are loaded with details: castle turrets, toys, soldiers, royalty, and the beaming eggman himself. Readers will linger over each tableau on the page as if it were a landscape. (Pop-up. 2-4) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 10 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 052567540X
• ISBN-13: 978-0525675402
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,442,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Humpty Dumpty, June 1, 2000

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This review is from: Humpty Dumpty: A Pop-up Book (Hardcover)

Humpty Dumpty is a beautiful pop-up book to help teach and enjoy this Nursery Rhyme. The illustrations are bright and colorful, and the pop-ups are big and sturdy. The book is creative without going too far from the original Mother Goose version of the story. In short, this book makes Humpty Dumpty into a very cute egg.