~*~ Pop-up Books ~*~


When I was a child my mother used to tell me about a wonderful pop-up book belonging to her mother. It was a huge book that opened out to reveal a beautiful "old time" sailing ship with full sales, rigging, the crew......everything. It took pride of place in her home on an entrance hall side-table. Everyone who arrived at her door were surprised with the ships authenticity to detail and splendor. 

I would listen to my mother talk about it from her own childhood memories of standing really close and peering into the ship......always seeing new things, playing with the crew and joining in the fun of the hearty...YoHoHo sing-a-longs of the rowdy pirates....all living in her imagination. Her mother would chastise her if she was caught too close......"Don't touch it!" was the order of the house.
It was also a great treat for all children who had been well behaved because they were given permission to look at it!

How I wished I could look at it too.


* The Doll's House .......

* Annabel's House .............. a pop-up dollhouse. I've shown you a lot of this one. 
   Explore it with me. It's fun.
* Anne of Green Gables ..... .a pop-up dollhouse just like the real story!
* The Doll's House ............. a reproduction of an Antique Pop-up book. 
* Victorian  Doll House ....... a three-dimensional reproduction. 

* Xmas Books .......

* A Christmas Diorama ............. another Nativity scene including cut-out figures.
* The Nativity ........................... a beautiful Nativity scene to set up at xmas.
* The Night Before Christmas .....Clement C. Moore's classic story.

* Fantasy books .........

* The Faeries Pop-up Book .......wonderful pictures in this one.
* Fantastic Fairy Tales .........4 fairytale favorites. 
* Gnomes ..............a wonderful insight into the life of a gnome.
* Goblins ...............do you believe in Goblins?

* Scarey, spooky stuff .....

* Dinner Time ........................... a lot of mouths that want to eat you!
* Don't go out Tonight .......... a creepy concertina pop-up book.
* Have you seen Max? .... a pop-up book featuring Max the Cat in a castle.
* Haunted House ............... ghosts and ghouls and other creepy critters.
* Monsters ........... a mummy, cyclops, zombies, vampires ..... this book has it all!
* Monster Island ........................... very scarey! 
* Plop-up Book .............. yes, you read it right , it's a PLOP-UP book and it's very   disgusting ........ hahahahaha!
* Robot .......... monsters of the robotic kind (not really, they're rather cute)

* The rest ................

* My Animal ABC ............ a pop-out book, good for pre-schoolers.
* International Circus ............... a reproduction of an antique book.
* Doors ............ a fun book with all sorts of doors to open.
* The Legend of King Arthur and the Round Table.
* The Great Menagerie ............... a reproduction of an antique book.
* Naturescapes ........  a 3D field guide to woods, forests, meadows and marshes. 
* The Naughty Nineties ......... lots of fun ............ won't offend anyone.
* Panorama Pictures ............. another reproduction of an antique book. Beautiful!
* The Royal Family Pop-up Book ........ excellent pictures.
* Giorgio's Village ..................an authentic Italian Renaissance village.
* A Day in the Zoo ...........a reproduction of an antique book. Wonderful graphics.
* Pop-up Time ................one for the kids to learn to tell the time.

 
What can I say? I love my Pop-up books....*S* I was fortunate to become friends with a woman who worked in a book store. It was close to my house and every time I needed to go to the local shops for anything I'd drop in and check out the new books. Once I became interested in purchasing pop-up books my friend would keep them under the counter, phone me to say they were there, then keep them until I had the chance of seeing them first. She did this because they sold very quickly and this way I didn't miss out. What a great friend....what a good business woman...*S* 

When I first started there weren't many pop-up books available. It wasn't a costly venture because it was only one book every now and then. Over a few years they became popular and I was presented with 5 to 10 new books each time. Goodness me...such temptation...but all that money. Alas it got to the stage where I just had to stop. I could not buy every new one I found like I did to start with. It drove me NUTS! All that temptation.

So I stopped. Guess what happened? Everyone I knew loved my collection as well and so every now and then for a present someone gave me a pop-up book. My parents were wonderful for this for birthdays and xmas. Or for anytime they saw one and thought....."Neeny would love this". They were such wonderful parents......*S*


"Thumbelina" ..... a beautiful pop-up book with lovely pictures.

 
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