One To Ten Pop-Up Surprises! [Hardcover]

Chuck Murphy (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Striking black-and-white numbers open up to unveil colorful and exciting delights, in a special wordless, action-packed counting book that moves from one leaping frog to ten cheering children.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Creator and engineer of the elegant Color Surprises and Black Cat, White Cat: A Pop-Up Book of Opposites, Chuck Murphy has also crafted an amazingly simple yet beautiful counting book, One to Ten: Pop-Up Surprises! This counting book doesn't mess around with fancy rhymes or cutesy sheep--open the first spread and you'll see a bold, fat number one--white on black--right next to a bold black number two on a white page. Pull the number one down, and one tropical spotted frog swims off the page! Lift and turn the number two to the right, and two toucans pop out from a leafy nest. Three colorful beetles crawl out of the number three with the slide of a tab. You get the idea--Murphy's almost breathtaking pop-up surprises take readers all the way to the number ten. Pop-up book collectors and budding bean counters alike will revel in this instructive, interactive masterpiece. (Ages 4 and older) --Karin Snelson

From Publishers Weekly

Murphy's clever book delivers "surprises" indeed. Behind large numerals-rendered alternately in black on white and white on black-lurk unexpected, vibrantly colored characters, starting with the blue-and-orange frog that hops forth when the "1" is pulled forward. Two toucans "beak" out from behind (where else?) the "2," while the "9" reveals prettily posed parrots ("Polly want a picture?"). Not all the numerals are pop-ups: pulling the tab at "3" rotates a flat trio of beetles (distinctly non-musical); in like fashion, a kaleidoscopic tropical fish septet swims out from the "7." And the last numeral only looks like a zero: pulling its tab uncovers a gaggle of capering kids and the missing "1." So the final page is indeed a "10"-as is, in fact, the whole book. Ages 2-4.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 10 pages
• Publisher: Little Simon; Pop edition (April 30, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671899082
• ISBN-13: 978-0671899080
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,062,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true work of art., December 3, 1998

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This review is from: One To Ten Pop-Up Surprises! (Hardcover)

This book was given to my daughter for her second birthday. The first time we sat down to read it, I was exhausted from the birthday party, not really in the mood for yet another pop-up book, and when we popped up the first one, I was amazed. This book is brain candy for any age. It is exhilarating, exciting, awe-inspiring and just plain fun. My only regret is that this thing of absolute beauty isn't a little sturdier, we've had several pop-up casualties at the excited hands of my toddler. If you don't have kids, get this one anyway -- for you!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars incredible and appealing to babies and up, January 21, 2004

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KNSudha (Saratoga, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: One To Ten Pop-Up Surprises! (Hardcover)

My son has loved these since he was about 8 mo, and now he is a pre-schooler. Well, as with all pop-ups, I always supervise, but this series has fairly simple engineering, so an over enthusisastic tug or rip is fairly easy to cellotape. Our four books have lots of tape, but they still work after three years of frequent use. The pop-ups and presentation are so appealing, you will never regret this purchase. An absolute classic for your childs library.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A CLEVER COUNTING BOOK WITH AN EYEFUL OF COLORFUL SURPRISES!, June 28, 2002

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Soaring Heart - See all my reviews

This review is from: One To Ten Pop-Up Surprises! (Hardcover)

ONE TO TEN, POP-UP SURPRISES! you must see to believe. A gift to my daughter, I thought it was going to be just another boring number book, but I was wrong--this is SPECTACULAR! I won't give away the surprises inside, but just to let you know, they are top-knotch, vivid graphics of objects that you and your child will LOVE! The artist should have won an award for the illustrations/graphic design of this book! And as a bonus, this book is small and easily portable to Grandmother's house.

I can not remember coming across another number book of this quality nor could I even imagine it! Perfect for young children past the "I like ripping books better than looking at/reading them stage." If this book doesn't encourage counting--NOTHING WILL! ONE TO TEN POP UP SURPRISES! might possibly be a key for 'soaring' into math, you never can tell. In any case, it should have a guarantee that it will make counting fun, or your money back! (No one would want their money back!)

Books should be FUN and this one IS! My highest rating.
Soaring Heart