Blue 2: A Pop-up Book for Children of All Ages

by David A. Carter, David A. Carter (Illustrator)

Overview

Blue 2 is a beautiful cacophony delighting everyone! From a to z each letter gives a clue to where the Blue 2 is hidden in each of these spectacular pop-up sculptures. There's a glistening Blue 2, a slippery Blue 2, and even a suspended Blue 2. With gleeful helixes, jubilant kookiness, and mobile nonsense, each page will stun with its paper pop-up phenomenon. This sequel to One Red Dot is surely one to treasure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416917816
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	10/10/2006
Edition description:	Pop-Up
Pages:	18
Sales rank:	264,016
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

David A. Carter is a master paper engineer and creator of How Many Bugs in a Box? and more books in that series, which has sold more than six million copies. He is also the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed One Red Dot, among others. Carter lives in Auburn, California, with his family.

David A. Carter is a master paper engineer and creator of How Many Bugs in a Box? and more books in that series, which has sold more than six million copies. He is also the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed One Red Dot, among others. Carter lives in Auburn, California, with his family.

Editorial Reviews

In a follow-up to his One Red Dot, in which he hid a red circle amidst a counting game, David Carter now camouflages a Blue 2 with clues to its whereabouts tucked into an ABC-inspired text. Mobiles pop from the pages and readers spin pinwheels and pull tabs to find each elusive numeral two. Another enchanting creation from the inventive paper engineer. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Gr 2–5
A perplexing follow-up to One Red Dot (S & S, 2005). Intricately designed paper sculptures are paired with fragmented text containing words in alphabetical order. In each of the nine boldly colored spreads, readers are asked to look for a "Blue 2" hidden somewhere in the illustration. Both the language and the images are highly abstract ("Jubilant Kookiness Laughing" is paired with white pop-up cones emitting colorful curving lines and dots); the vocabulary is often quite challenging ("Mobile Nonsense Oscillating"); and some of the concepts are difficult to grasp ("Exploding Yin and Yang Zone"). Often, the sought-after Blue 2 is a bit too elusive. While the pop-ups are innovative and exciting and the graphic design is enticing, this book will be beyond the grasp of many young readers.
—Joy FleishhackerCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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