Love

by Robert Sabuda, Robert Sabuda (Illustrator)

Overview

The ideal gift for someone you love, from the #1 New York Times best-selling pop-up artist who brought us Believe and many other celebrated 3-D books.

Tender expressions of the different guises of love spring from the pages of this charming pop-up book from master paper artist Robert Sabuda. Brief passages beginning with the words “I love you because . . .” are illustrated with six captivating pop-up spreads, making for a warm bedtime story, a token of affection for loved ones, and a beautiful keepsake for readers of all ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536210378
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	217,177
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Robert Sabuda is internationally acclaimed for his stunning pop-up books, including Believe, Ten Horse Farm, The Christmas Story, and the best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica and Encyclopedia Mythologica series, created with Matthew Reinhart. Robert Sabuda lives in New York City.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

March 8, 1965

Place of Birth:

Pinckney, Michigan

Education:

B.F.A., Pratt Institute, 1987

Website:

http://www.robertsabuda.com

Editorial Reviews

The panjandrum of paper engineering presents a repeated “I love you…” on alternate flat spreads; he completes them with six animal pop-ups depicting peer or parental relationships and captioned by ways of loving... the art again invites both wonder and broader, extended reflections on the meaning of the words...as ever, a marvel of intricate design.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2021-01-27
A pop-up apotheosis in the “I love you more than anything” genre.

The panjandrum of paper engineering presents a repeated “I love you…” on alternate flat spreads; he completes them with six animal pop-ups depicting peer or parental relationships and captioned by ways of loving. These range from “exactly the way you are,” for a crab carrying on its back a large sea anemone that unfolds spectacularly as the page turns, to “and will encourage you to do great things,” paired to a trio of polar bears sliding exuberantly down a snowy slope. Though his complex, inventive pop-ups are (as usual) mostly fashioned from heavy, white paper, he makes particularly fine use of color both in the minimalist backgrounds, where hues evoke diverse seasons or habitats, and in the figures themselves. The anemone, for instance, shines in shades of orange, and the yellow and purple bills of two facing swans on the final spread give the heart shape formed by their heads and necks an intimate glow. Though the theme of reassurance is simpler, or at least less abstract, than that in his most recent outing, Believe: A Pop-Up Book of Possibilities (2019), the art again invites both wonder and broader, extended reflections on the meaning of the words. Alas, poor type contrast on some spreads may have readers struggling to find them.

Sincere rather than sloppily sentimental…and, as ever, a marvel of intricate design. (Pop-up picture book. 5-adult)

Kirkus Reviews