I adore pop-up books, and the way in which the good ones don’t just pop but tell a multi-layered story. Fabulous illustrator Jennie Maizels’ Pop-up London doesn’t just show London’s glorious architecture, but tells the history of the city too. From the front, it’s all about the buildings, and snippets of clever info — the river lifts up to show the tube underneath, the Thames has Oxford & Cambridge boats rowing along, from the back are the stories of the people inside those buildings and more snippets of historical juice.
I can’t think of a better present for any child, and especially one that might be visiting London soon. I gave this copy to my four year old godson on his birthday, and most recent reports tell me that he loved spotting all the little details. This is a book that could be read and looked at again and again and still something funny, clever or beautiful would, er, pop up again.
Pop-up London by Jennie Maizels £14.99
Jennie also makes these wonderful patches to iron onto clothes. Available from www.jenniemaizels.com
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*Goes straight on Amazon website* That’s all.
Ditto. Just bought two. Hurrah!
it’s fabulous! i found at a garage sale this incredible pop-up adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ Chornicles of Narnia and my 2 year old loves it — read it to her once and now she reads it to me. will definitely have to order this one. thx:)
This is just what i need, taking 5 & 3 year old to London next week, will come in very usefull, thanks!
We have this book in our NW London bookshop and I spend far too much time looking at it. I completely love it.
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Gorgeous and bought. My four year old son adores a pop-up Peter Pan book from my childhood, complete with Mabel Lucy Atwell –style illustrations. Thank you for bringing Jennie to us.
Very cool
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So glad you all love it! Immensely rewarding when when you all agree with me over something I think is fantastic. LLGxx
Ooh, I love pop-up books too! I just ordered this one for my niece in Oxford… thanks for the recommendation! She is turning 4 too.
Gonna test drive the pop up book on Theo (3) and Izzy (2) at the weekend…
Yay! It nearly sold out on Amazon the day this post up. So pleased for Jenny that you all love it as much as I do. LLGxx
Thank you so much for this tip. It was a huge wrench giving it away, but my partner’s six year old grandson absolutely loved it today — loved driving the ship through Tower Bridge. The grownups were enchanted too!