The Chronicles of Narnia Pop-up: Based on the Books by C. S. Lewis (Narnia)
C. S. Lewis's classic Narnia books spring to life in the hands of award-winning paper engineer Robert Sabuda. Each of the seven books in the series has its own pop-up spread rendered in spectacular detail with stunning special effects. Experience a different adventure from Narnia on every spread in this beautiful addition to the Narnia library?sure to enchant fans of both C. S. Lewis and Robert Sabuda.
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I would recommend the book to anyone. This is an absolutely beautiful and fascinating book.
I do want to mention that, while the pop-up engineering in this book is fabulous, you may come away with a wanting feeling b/c there isn't a full story. Text on the pages describes each story very briefly. Thus, this book will require supervision of young readers if you want to retain the integrity over time. This book has seven two-page spreads each of which covers one of the seven books included in the Chronicles of Narnia series. I am a big fan of Sabuda in general and this book in particular. DESCRIPTION OF EACH PAGE AND POP UP:. Each has a spectacular pop-up summarizing the book it represents.
Also, the pop-ups open and close fairly easily, but I did have some catching on two pages (Prince Caspian and The Horse and His Boy). The books are presented in chronological order. The Magician's Nephew - Aslan the lion springs from the spread, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - a snowy forest with a flap that opens the wardrobe door, The Horse and His Boy - a running horse spring across the page with a boy at the reins, Prince Caspian - the prince blows a horn, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - a boat sails across the pages and a flap reveals the mouse, The Silver Chair - the owls soar around a tower, and The Last Battle - many creatures pass through gates and out toward you, and a flap reveals golden gates.
And what an interpretation it is. This textual brevity is entirely fitting given the audience for this book, which certainly will be made up primarily of Narnia aficionados who will eagerly anticipate Sabuda's interpretation of their favorite novels. Fans of Lewis's novels will be thrilled to find them come to life in this new way. Each of Lewis's novels is given a full two-page spread, dominated by one or more fantastical, multi-dimensional pop-up creation. In other pages, fierce battles rage, a horse bounds across the landscape and a whole parade of beloved Narnia characters seem to march right out of the pages toward the reader - and toward Aslan's Country.
This year, I know I will be giving his latest masterpiece as a gift. Tumnus the faun holds up his umbrella and four children emerge from a wardrobe when the reader opens a secret flap. They meet all kinds of magical creatures, but they find danger, too. The text accompanying each pop-up creation is spare, reducing the summary of each novel's plot to a handful of sentences. - Reviewed by Norah Piehl. On the pages I've quoted above, snow-covered trees and menacing icy towers rise up majestically above pages that sparkle like new-fallen snow, where Mr.
For fans of Lewis's classic children's books, devotees of paper engineering or those who just marvel at fantasy worlds, you can't go wrong with THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA POP-UP as a gift this holiday season. For years, I've given Robert Sabuda's classic pop-ups, from THE CHRISTMAS ALPHABET to THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, as holiday presents to family and friends young and old. For example, the perennial favorite THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE is summed up as follows: "Many years later, four children enter the wardrobe and discover the snow-covered land of Narnia. With Aslan's help, they break the Witch's spell and become great Kings and Queens.". For THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, for example, a sailing ship, complete with sails and rigging, bursts off the page as the mouse Reepicheep declares his courage.
It's a magnificent beginning to this superb pop-up overview of Lewis's novels, with paper engineering by Robert Sabuda. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA pop-up book begins with a roar - almost literally. The White Witch rules now, making it always winter but never Christmas. In a two-page spread that chronicles the creation of Narnia, a splendid Aslan the lion practically leaps off the page as planets swirl and flowers and plants burst into life.
One must understand that the pop up book depecits all the stories within Narnia. Lewis books, this is wonderful pop up book to own. If you have the complete series as shown on BBC or have read all 3 stories by C.S. The mechanics and cut out art work are superb.
Walt Disney has only released one movie "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" so one can only connect the first pages of the book to the movie. What a delightful work of art. Lewis then you will be able to relate to each page. But even if you have never seen any part or read C.S.
I bought one for my granddaughter and one for me.
I won't let them touch it, for fear they may break it and my daughter won't get to enjoy it when she is older. My nephews looked at it and now want to see it everytime they visit. I would buy it again. I expect my daughter to grow up enjoying this book. It's so beautiful I will be showing it to her for a few years.
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