The Movable Mother Goose

WE GOT A SIGNED COPY!!! Luck was on our side with this order ($3.99), how special!! Spine pretty beat up, but every single page perfectly intact! For the book itself: So many different pop ups on each page! With a different nursery rhyme on each flap! Our favorite is the very last, “the man in the moon” with the silly alien. Overall, truly a work of art. I cringe letting my toddler hold it “gentle” to enjoy, but that’s what books are for!

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 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 several smaller rhyme fold-outs. This set-up makes the book a little "busy" in my opinion, but our two-year old adores it, so what's my aesthetic sensibility matter? The material is heavy paper, and it's held up well to our toddler's exploration. Some of the mechanisms are a little confusing and/or delicate, but nothing especially difficult. Nice, bright colors are employed represent the animal characters used to illustrate these tales, usually to comic effect.This is a lovely book for children, and would probably make a good first pop-up.

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 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 several smaller rhyme fold-outs. This set-up makes the book a little "busy" in my opinion, but our two-year old adores it, so what's my aesthetic sensibility matter? The material is heavy paper, and it's held up well to our toddler's exploration. Some of the mechanisms are a little confusing and/or delicate, but nothing especially difficult. Nice, bright colors are employed for the animal characters used to illustrate these tales, usually to comic effect.This is a lovely book for children, and would likely make a good first pop-up.

This book was a gift to my daughter when she was born. We have read it to her ever since then and she adores it! If she is cranky, she will get quiet when she sees us reach for the book. The illustrations are captivating, to say the least.

I recently purchased this book for my grandchildren after seeing a friend's copy. They absolutely love it and have to "read" the "book" at least twice a day. It is wonderfully done and my 2 year old grandson's eyes grow big as he watches they pages pop up. I plan to purchase another and hope Mr. Sabuda continues his art.

Robert Sabuda is my hero. His paper engineering is without equal so I took his Movable Mother Goose to a first grade classroom to try it out. The kids loved the rhymes, and as the "payoff" for reading them out loud, they got to DEMO the popup that went with the rhyme. The book not only survived all 25 kids reading and demonstrating the popup, they even learned how to carefully tuck the delicate paper pieces back so that the book would not get trashed. I don't think kids ever outgrow their love of popups, and I am also convinced that popups are THE perfect birthday present for every kid (and sometimes even for adults)so I'm glad that Sabuda has tackled this classic poetry. I'd recommend this one for ages five to eight, but even high school kids would enjoy it and start thinking of ways to build popups for their own favorite nursery rhymes using David Carter's book, The Elements of Pop-Up, a Book for Aspiring Paper Engineers.