Robert Crowther, Candlewick, $17.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4958-6
The movers and shakers in this colorful pop-up include a tractor, forklift, and tower crane. Side panels open to reveal photographs of machines in action and additional information about how they operate. Readers can manipulate moving parts on the...
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Robert Crowther, Author Viking Children's Books $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-81815-0
There are 25 pop-up nursery rhymes in this book by the author of The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Alphabet Book; that's about three tabs, flaps or other generous feats of paper engineering per page. The cow jumps eternally over the moon, a goofy-lookin
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $15.95 (12p) ISBN 978-1-56402-001-7
``Fair'' promises fun--of which this lackluster book, unfortunately, is in short supply. Youngsters will expect more from the talented creator of the inventive Most Amazing books; this plotless excursion disappoints on several fronts. First of all,...
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $9.95 (10p) ISBN 978-1-56402-207-3
Both of Crowther's ( The Most Amazing Hide & Seek Alphabet Book ) latest offerings feature a menagerie of amiable, cartoonish creatures who face the reader with earnest stares. Despite the fact that each volume is tagged as ``A Noisy Pop-Up Book,''...
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $14.95 (12p) ISBN 978-1-56402-427-5
``P'' should stand for playful in this clever compendium of concealed critters. On each of six stark white spreads are several tabs and numerous flaps cut in rectangles of different sizes, which bear the names of alphabetically ordered zoological...
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $14.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-670-85074-7
Basic black is utilized to dashing effect in vivid nocturnal panoramas as Crowther (Robert Crowther's Incredible Animal Alphabet) dots his work with spots of yellow light along with myriad flaps, tabs and even a couple of rotating wheels....
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $19.99 (12p) ISBN 978-1-56402-801-3
Just in time for the summer games in Atlanta, Crowther (Robert Crowther's Incredible Animal Alphabet) rustles up an impressive number of Olympics-related facts and figures, set amid all manner of 3D and paper-engineered athletes. Push up the tab to "
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $12.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1404-1
With 30 flaps and tabs and more than 80 hidden objects, Colors by Robert Crowther also presents colors to young children. Each spread is a solid hue, but when youngsters pull the tabs and lift the flaps, the name of the color shows through on the
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $12.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1889-6
The follow-up to Colors, Robert Crowther's Shapes boasts more than 30 flaps and pull-tabs to illustrate six shapes (circle, oval, square, rectangle, diamond and triangle). For example, the first page is a red die-cut circle labeled with its name;
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $10.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2266-4
On cold days, what could be better than a warm meal? Let's Cook! A Press-Out-and-Play Book by Robert Crowther offers recipes even youngest chefs can handle. Beginning with a menu that folds out (and serves as a Table of Contents), the author lists ""
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Robert Crowther, Author, Robert Crowther, Illustrator, Paul Harrison, Text by (Art/Photo Books) . Candlewick $17.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4448-2
Following Trains
, Flight
, and Ships
, this interactive book features automobiles throughout history. Except for the final spread, the pages read vertically, as the book explores vehicles from the ordinary (the Citroën 2CV and Fiat 500) to the
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