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Due to the popularity of Kubasta's
books in the 1950s and 1960s, American Waldo Hunt wanted to publish them
in the United States. However, the producer, Artia, was located in Czeckoslavakia,
and exporting directly from a Warsaw Pact country to the United States
was prohibited. Instead, in 1965 Hunt created his own company, Graphics
International, which produced pop-up books for Random House. In 1969,
Hallmark Cards took over Graphics International; and, after producing
over forty titles with Hallmark, Hunt left to start another company, Intervisual
Communications. Today, Intervisual Communications, or ICI, produces a
large number of the pop-up books on the market.
Current designers, paper engineers, and illustrators
work with a company like ICI to produce a model for a publisher, but the
books are constructed by hand in Mexico, South America, or Singapore.
Although a pop-up book's design and construction is a group effort, several
names, such as Robert Sabuda, Nick Bantock, Jan Pienkowski, and David
Pelham, are well-known for their artistry and innovative techniques in
the pop-up book world.
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Hendricks, Stanley. Astronauts on the Moon: The Story of the
Apollo Moon Landings. Hallmark Children's ed. Kansas City,
Mo.: Hallmark Cards, [1970]. Illustrated by Al Muenchen, paper
engineering and layout by Howard Lohnes.
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Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland. New York: Delacorte Press, 1980. Illustrated
by Jenny Thorne, after John Tenniel, designed by John Strejan,
paper engineering by James Roger Díaz. Printed and bound in Colombia
for Intervisual Communications, Inc.
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Pienkowski, Jan. Robot. London: Heinemann, 1981. Illustrated
by Jan Pienkowski, paper engineering by James Roger Diaz, Tor
Lokvig, and Marcin Stajewski. Printed and bound in Cali, Colombia,
S.A. by Carvajal S.A. for Intervisual Communications, Inc.
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Van der Meer, Ron. Monster Island. New York: Holt, Rinehart,
and Winston, c1981. Illustrated by Ron Van der Meer; assistant
illustrator, Atie van der Meer; paper engineering by Tor Lokvig
and John Strejan. Printed and bound in Colombia, S.A. for Intervisual
Communications, Inc.
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Seidler, Ned.
Whales: Mighty Giants of the Sea. Washington, D.C.: National
Geographic Society, 1990. Ned and Rosalie Seidler, illustrators;
Judith E. Rinard, writer; James Roger Diaz, White Heat, Limited,
and Rick Morrison, paper engineers.
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And hast
thou slain
the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms,
my beamish boy!
O frabjous day!
Callooh! Callay!
He chortled in his joy.
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Carroll, Lewis.
Jabberwocky: A Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass.
New York: Viking, 1991. Designed and illustrated by Nick Bantock,
paper engineering by Nick Bantock and Dennis K. Meyer.
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Wildsmith, Brian. The Creation: Pop-up Book. Brookfield,
Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1996. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith,
designed by Jim Deesing, paper engineering by Bruce Reifel and
José R. Seminario. Produced by Intervisual Books, Inc.
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Pelham, David. Sam's Pizza: Your Pizza to Go. 1st American
ed. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1996. Produced by Hedgehog
Books Limited, printed and hand-assembled in Colombia.
"Sam and Samantha have cooked
up a pizza pie with everything on it . . . so look before
you bite, or you may get an icky surprise."
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Dentophobia
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Greenberg, Gary. The Pop-up Book of Phobias. 1st ed. New
York: Rob Weisbach Books, 1999. Illustrated by Balvis Rubess,
pop-ups by Matthew Reinhart, produced by Melcher Media.
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Sabuda,
Robert. The Movable Mother Goose. Limited ed. New York:
Little, Simon, 1999.
Front cover of the book pops-up.
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