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Book Review of The Movable Mother Goose (Pop-Up)

The Movable Mother Goose (Pop-Up)
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WOW. What a neat pop-up book. I was thrilled to find that genius paper engineer Sabuda was tackling these classic rhymes, and the book lives up to expectations. The artist's work is, as always, creative and fun.
There are six two-page spreads, each with a large pop-up central figure (one of Bo-peep's sheep, Miss Muffet's spider, a peacock, the hickory dickory clock, Mr. and Mrs. Sprat, and a pie bursting with blackbirds) and each page has several smaller rhyme fold-outs.
Not only does the candlestick pop-up but Jack also jumps OVER the candlestick. And the mouse actually runs up the clock...