QuikSand
12-13-2004, 08:25 AM
Since this forum has become something of a free-form area for exchanging heaven-knows-what, I thought I'd offer up something useful (hopefully).
If you're looking for that one last gift for someone for Christmas, here is an absolutely wonderful idea:
Robert Sabuda's The Night Before Christmas Pop-Up Book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0689838999/qid=1102947296/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-1104233-7520648?v=glance&s=books)
If, as I'd expect, you are not familiar -- this illustrator/creator Robert Sabuda has basically revolutionized the entire concept of pop-up books. Formerly the domain of children's literature (pull a tab to see the cow jump over the moon, that sort of thing), he has created some marvelous little books, detailing familiar literature entirely in elaborate pop-up form. His creations -- over a dozen of them, I understand -- are absolutely magnificent renditions of well-known stories, with some of the most elaborate type of "pop-up" architacture I've ever seen. They are literally breathtaking.
If you have a family member or friend -- and I am not at all limiting this to children by any means - who might enjoy something of this sort, his books would make a wonderful gift. The link above is to the Xmas-themed book, but my mother (who now has a decent collection of these) has also really loved the Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland renditions as well. They are marvelously intricate -- the artwork is really fantastic. And, to top it all off -- these things are pretty cheap. Amazon is selling them for about $15, or you can probably pick one up at your local bookstore for no more than $25.
Shopping for someone hard to please? If they might appreciate anything in this genre at all (coffee table book, conversation piece, "cute" stuff generally) then this is a very likely home run. These books are really impressive -- great gift stuff.
If you're looking for that one last gift for someone for Christmas, here is an absolutely wonderful idea:
Robert Sabuda's The Night Before Christmas Pop-Up Book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0689838999/qid=1102947296/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-1104233-7520648?v=glance&s=books)
If, as I'd expect, you are not familiar -- this illustrator/creator Robert Sabuda has basically revolutionized the entire concept of pop-up books. Formerly the domain of children's literature (pull a tab to see the cow jump over the moon, that sort of thing), he has created some marvelous little books, detailing familiar literature entirely in elaborate pop-up form. His creations -- over a dozen of them, I understand -- are absolutely magnificent renditions of well-known stories, with some of the most elaborate type of "pop-up" architacture I've ever seen. They are literally breathtaking.
If you have a family member or friend -- and I am not at all limiting this to children by any means - who might enjoy something of this sort, his books would make a wonderful gift. The link above is to the Xmas-themed book, but my mother (who now has a decent collection of these) has also really loved the Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland renditions as well. They are marvelously intricate -- the artwork is really fantastic. And, to top it all off -- these things are pretty cheap. Amazon is selling them for about $15, or you can probably pick one up at your local bookstore for no more than $25.
Shopping for someone hard to please? If they might appreciate anything in this genre at all (coffee table book, conversation piece, "cute" stuff generally) then this is a very likely home run. These books are really impressive -- great gift stuff.