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Mommy? (Hardcover) (精装)
by Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks, Matthew Reinhart
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Pop-up, Entertainment, Ages 4-8, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 258.00
MSL price:
¥ 238.00
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Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
Superb example of the art of picture book and of paper engineering! |
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Karen Roza (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-13 00:00>
This book is fantastic!!! My two-year-old grandson adores it. We sometimes hide the book under the blanket to avoid reading it 5 or 6 times before he goes to bed. Now he reads it himself! A real work of art and not scary at all, in spite of all the monsters.
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Sarah Lane (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-13 00:00>
Sendak's imagination and artistic style, along with Yorinks' and Reinhart's skill and expertise with production, have resulted the most imaginative, unique, fun book I've seen in a long time! Since my (grown up) "kids" are great fans of Where the Wild Things Are from way back in their childhoods, I got copies for all of them for Halloween. Everyone who sees the book loves it, and the very intricate and complicated folding and cutting it took to make such complex pop-ups is beyond my understanding; however, it certainly adds an amazingly wonderful dimension to Sendak's book.
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N. Picard (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-13 00:00>
I bought this book for my newly 4-yr-old son who expressed a fear of monsters. When he saw the silly monsters in this book, it was a great jumping off point to address his fears. Plus, he loves the other Maurice Sendak books he has.
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L. Warddell (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-13 00:00>
I'm always on the lookout for new, books to share with my third graders. I was so excited to see Maurice Sendak's new book Mommy? I eagerly shared it with my students. Because there are no words, they were able to tell the story many different ways, and from different points of view. The paper engineering kept them anxioulsly waiting to see what was in store next. I would highly recommend this book to stimulate talk about character, setting, plot, problem and solution. Every time we reread it we find something new to make us smile.
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J. Watkins (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-13 00:00>
Having only fairly recently become really interested in pop up books, my experience with them has been fairly limited. I don't think this is a book for young children to read by themselves, as the workings could be easily destroyed unless handled with some care. "Mommy?" is a classic Sendak book, however, and will delight fans of all ages- even if the older fans may need to turn the pages for the first several years. As far as pop-up books go, it is innovative in its approach; utilizing movement as an integral part of the storytelling, a device which is fairly unique to pop-ups but which many fail to utilize.
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Andy H (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-13 00:00>
I recently heard an interview on NPR with Maurice Sendak. He talked about how this was his first pop-up book. However, he had been very interested for years in 19th century pop-ups, such as the works of the great Munich artisan, Lothar Meggendorfer. I've loved Sendak's style for years so I was quite excited by the prospects of his new endeavor.
This book is truly beautiful. Astonishingly so. It did scare my 2 year old daughter a bit, but she's warming up to it seeing how much enjoyment her father is getting from it.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-13 00:00>
I've been a Sendak junkie since I was a kid. His books have always been among my very favorites, and I'm happy to say they're among my kids' favorites as well. I also love pop-ups, so I was really excited to learn about this book. And I must say, my expectations have been surpassed.
The story line is very simple: a young child looks for his Mommy, encountering various monsters along the way and defeating them in creative ways. There are only a few written words in the book. But the story that the pictures tell is wonderful. What child wouldn't be delighted by a book in which a kid defeats the wolfman by pantsing him? Nosferatu gets a binky! And there's a ton of detail in the pictures as well. My girls like to spend several minutes looking at each page spread.
Then there are the pop-ups. This book is really a paper engineering marvel. The pop-up bits are enormously detailed and full of movement. My favorite part is when the boy unwraps the mummy. It's an understatement to say the pop-ups are spectacular.
The only reservation at all I have about this book is that my kids will probably love it to death. Like another reviewer, I think I'm going to buy them their own copy and keep one for myself!
If you have the least interest in Sendak or pop-ups, or think you might, buy this book.
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