The Chronicles of Narnia Pop-up: Based on the Books by C. S. Lewis

I give the 5 stars to the beautiful craftsmanship that Sabuda does with these pop-up books! The characters are wonderful pop-up versions of the characters in the Narnia series! I admit I have not read all the Narnia books but this book could encourage me to read the ones I haven't read! One thing I've learned from ordering Sabuda's books is it's a good idea to always have a bottle of Elmer's glue handy to repair little tears that I might find in the new book copies. It could just be a small foot torn partially away from the page that would make the figure stand up in the book( which was the case with a standing bird on the last 2 pages of the DINOSAUR ENCYCLOPEDIA POP- UP BOOK) or a dragon's claw torn partially away from the cardboard of the 2 page spread of DRAGONS AND OTHER MONSTERS pop-up book. In both cases I repaired the small damage and those same pop-ups look perfect now! The most repair I had to do to a pop-up was with Sabuda's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST pop-up book. Read my review of that book on amazon.com. But getting back to this book, the Prince Caspian 2 page spread looks great with great poses on Caspian and his old wise teacher if I remember right. But Caspian's sword was sticking out of the pop-up book closed which sort of amused me because I remember attaching more flat cardboard to the front and back of my pop-up covers of pop-ups I made years ago to cover up any parts of my pop-up illustrations to keep them from sticking out! It's not easy to keep everything in a pop-up picture display from sticking out when the cover is closed! I think the guy who put this book in a plastic bag, pushed the sword inward into the book which caused a tiny tear where the blade of the sword sticks out from the handle! Also the wraparound chain mail collar around Caspian's neck keeps his head from going all the way up. After I push down the collar his head goes up and he can then blow his horn! Moving the pages up and down a little causes Caspian's head to bob up and down, blow his horn and wave his sword while a dwarf soldier thrusts his short sword in the air and the old wise man waves the royal flag over his head! Amazing! The other pop-ups are amazing too such as the 3D pop-up of Aslan looking like he's talking right to you or the Horse and his boy with galloping action! These really show Sabuda's inventiveness and imagination! I wish his Peter Pan pop-up book got to my house today like this CHRONICLES OF NARNIA pop-up! Oh well, I'll get the glue to fix Caspian's sword!

A bargain at twice the cost. If you love pop-up books then buy this book immediately.The chronicles are not depicted here in chronologic order, but that's OK with me. My interest in this book is not for the arc of the story, that's told elsewhere, but rather here my interest is in the pop-up mechanisms and for the artwork and this book certainly does not disappoint. I am humbled by the mastery of this amazing team. One of the pop-ups needs a little bit of help closing so be careful with kids, or show them how to be thoughtful with their books, wouldn't do to force it shut. Other than that one little thing, this book is flawless, inspiring, actually.I just watched a video reviewing this book on YouTube and I wanted to smack the reviewer on the head for first abusing his book by popping it open recklessly for the camera and secondly for criticizing the book for not having an important element, one he missed! -- Reepicheep, which is under a side flap in a separate pop-up with the ship on the Voyage of the Dawn Treader page, which, in his haste, the reviewer completely overlooked -- an entire mechanism lost on the reviewer.I'm going to actually study this book and examine more closely how Sabuda et al pulled off this very special magic.Incidentally, another reviewer here recommends Horton Hears a Who pop-up over this one. It is good, yes, and I do recommend that one too, it is the whole story in pop-up form, but it doesn't compare in pop-up magnificence to Sabuda's interpretation of Chronicles of Narnia.

It’s expensive but because to me … I don’t mind because I love seeing how others create their art.

this book is absolutely amazing and successfully delivers what it sets out to do. the illustrations are very colorful and beautiful(more suitable for children than adults, but i'm sure an adult can still appreciate the artwork) and well printed. the book itself is robust and solid. of course, the most impressive part of the book has got to be the pop up engineering technology. Robert Sabuda really pulled it off this time in creating pop ups that keeps its readers in awe (such as the door opening when you flip a small page located somewhere near the door, a horse running as the reader flip the page, an owl flying (popping up) high above the book, and the last page where many characters from narnia popped out like a big family photo shoot).as for the down side, there are one or two pop ups which does not produce a smooth popping out and retracting (due to the complexity of the pop up), so readers ought to be careful and make sure the pop ups retracted in the right position before flipping over a page (or the pop up may get torn off due to collision with other props). overall, it's still a very good pop up book for both fans of narnia and a must have for pop-up book collectors!

This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen. The spine is 2 inches thick and the inside includes extremely lavish pop-up details. The last page will blow you away, totally unexpected in a great way. I purchased this book along with the entire Chronicles of Narnia series because I wanted to read it to my daughter,and get her interested, since I am a fan of C.S. Lewis. My daughter is only 23 months old, and since I have looked at this book, I realize it may be a couple of years before I can allow her to look at it unattended, without it being destroyed. This is not your typical pop-up book for a 2- year old; this is a work of art. As with any pop-up book, especially wth intricate ones, some of the pages are a little tight and you might need to help them fold correctly when opening and closing the pages. I would recommend keeping this book in a case or a bag to keep dust out of it. If there is any improvement at all that I could recommend, it would be that this book be enclosed in a slipcase. Wow, what a treasure!

un buen libro excelentes dibujos una obra de arte como todo lo que hace el autor, no es su mejor libro pero si vale la pena.

La verdad que estupendo, el libro está completamente nuevo, y el envío dentro de lo que estaba estipulado.

Bello, un bellissimo popup. Illustrazioni e disegni fantastici con colori splendidi! Un libro bello e divertente dall'inizio alla fine!!! Sono soddisfatta dell'acquisto

Such a well-crafted book. So much detail in all of the pages. It was worth waiting 9 months for it to be back in Stock. I'm looking at purchasing other books by the same author.

This book was really cool and my daughter liked the popups very much !!! Lots of mini bonus popups were really cool.