Color Surprises: A Pop-up Book (Hardcover)

by Chuck Murphy (Author, Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
If only words could describe Chuck Murphy's Color Surprises as well as his gasp-inducing pop-ups manage to capture the essence of each color of the rainbow. Each page of this little wonder--one of the best, most artistic pop-up books we've ever seen--features a single, solid-colored square. With a quick pull or gentle push, however, one of nature's creatures slithers, flies, or bounces out of the square and (almost) off the page. Red is a gracefully unfolding starfish, and blue is a pleasantly popping parrot. We'd love to give the rest away, but half the pleasure of this fine book is in the discovery. A great gift for any adult on your list, but kids who like animals (meaning all kids) will love it, too. (Ages 3 to 103)

Product Description

Can you guess what's hiding behind each color? Lift the flaps and watch Chuck Murphy's colors literally explode off the pages in this eye-popping book.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 10 pages
• Publisher: Little Simon; Pop edition (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689815042
• ISBN-13: 978-0689815041
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,039 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely beautiful and delightfully educational, December 26, 2000

By A Customer

My 18-month-old son and I both fell in love with this book at first sight. Between the deceitfully simple black-and-white covers lie the many artistically created surprises. My son loves to flip the solid-colored flaps--under considerate supervision so that he does not tear the delicate figures--to see what's hidden behind and has never ceased to be amazed. As he pages through the book, he would say the names of the featured animals that he has learned, "tigger" "fish" ... he would sit there and look at this book for a dozen times or more, and he always comes back to ask to read it the next day. The beautifully designed and perfectly crafted surprises have really impressed him. It delights as well as teaches. An excellent book for kids as well as "big people" who love good books. I am getting a few more copies for friends with young children. (p.s. Murphy`s "one to ten pop-up surpises" is just as wonderful and enchanting, but a little bit too delicate for our little guy's fingers to handle--to pull, to dial, etc., so I always need to help him with that one.)

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a spectacular exploration of color, September 12, 2001

By	audrey (white mtns) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Chuck Murphy is a treasure. Children and adults alike will thrill to the magical images revealed with the lift of a flap or the pull of a tab. A pink flamingo, purple butterflies, a blue parrot .... these are just three of the beautiful images that pop up, and the multi-colored finale never fails to elicit a squeal of delight from our two-year old.

We have given several of Mr. Murphy's books as gifts and they are always appreciated, even by kids who normally prefer mechanical toys to books. Two of the pages use tab manipulatives and are a bit more difficult for young children.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for 3 years and up!, March 11, 2000

By	Torrie Kirkham (Sunland, California) - See all my reviews

My 13 month old daughter is so fascinated with this book she touches but doesn't pull (rip, tear, shred, etc.). She has torn apart other pop up books but this one is truly special. I would highly recommend this book for 10 month and up with adult supervision. There are a few colors (green, black/white, come to mind) that do require more manual dexterity than a very small child has but in general it is very well suited for pre-preschool kids.