Dragons: A Pop-Up Book of Fantastic Adventures
Dragons are popular as never before?and here they pop up in fire-breathing action!
Five dramatic dragon stories from around the world, including Beowulf and the Firedrake, St. George and the Dragon, and those from ancient China and Japan come to life, literally flying from the pages. Dynamic paper-engineering has these magnificent dragons snapping their jaws, casting fire, and flapping their massive wings. A book sure to be a hit with dragon-lovers of all ages.
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Dragons: A Pop-Up Book of Fantastic Adventures Reviews
This is yet another fantastic pop-up book. I collect pop-up books and I certainly was not disappointed with this one, DRAGONS: A Pop-Up Book of Fantastic Adventures.
Some of the stories are a little boodthirsty, so it could be scary for young children, and when my son finally gets to take it to share at his preschool, I am planning to let the teachers know which stories are best for the littlest ones. We parents can learn a lot with a little research. George and the Dragon. As another reviewer noted, complex pop-up stuff is easily destroyed by kids. My husband uses fake British and horrid Scottish accents that make our son giggle. Because these are familiar legends, one can find other versions, and I think it's really good for kids to learn that there are different ways to tell the story of St. and at bedtime, I appreciate being able to tell my kids they only get one or two dragon stories, if it's already late. Or that in some versions of Maud and the Wyvern the knight who kills the Wyvern is named Garston, and in some versions he's a high born local Knight, and in other versions he's a prisoner who figured that the risk of fighting a wyvern would be worth the possibility of freedom.
My four year old likes to feel the fangs and make the dragons 'fly' by opening and closing the book. extra imagination, it is easy to fill the stories out. This book has beautiful illustrations (lovely color and details) with simple, but impressive, pop-up art. generate more discussion. It has remained durable over the past several months, unlike other pop-ups.
With a (very little). Although the retellings are rather dry, I like the fact that it includes dragon stories from a wide range of cultures: England, China, Sweden, Japan. Or, if it's the only story, even reading all 5 does not take that long. Discussion about how fables and rules work (Why did the Dragon Princess leave). This is one of his all time favorite books.
This is a beautiful book. The quality of the "pop ups" is amazing. It is the second one I've purchased for a gift. The text interesting and informative. I think if you are a person interested in dragon lore, then this is a great book to buy.
I bought this for my 4-year-old son because he loves pop-up books and is very interested in dragons. Most of the other pop-up books we have are much more creative and compelling in their storytelling, design, or both. Only one is reasonably sophisticated and well-done; the rest are rather simplistic. The popups are also disappointing. The stories, drawn from common legends around the world, are retold in a summary form that takes all the magic and drama out of them. [.]. There are only five pop-ups really, to go with five dragon stories, each told in a two-page spread. This book was a disappointment, though.
I give it only three stars because there are so few pages, and the construction of the pop-up features are very unremarkable. The illustrations are quite lovely, and the little stories explaining each dragon are nicely written.
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