Step Inside Dragons
Gaby Goldsack (words), Nick Harris (images), Richard Jewitt (paper engineer)
Sterling
Fiction, YA Picture Book
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DESCRIPTION: "A magic 3-dimensional world of dragons," this book features many-layered images illustrating the text.
REVIEW: If the description confuses you, I can only say that this isn't quite a pop-up book; rather, it uses layers of cut-out images to create a three-dimensional effect when a given page is opened. The dragons are bright and well crafted, and the text, if simple, certainly will spark the imagination of anyone old enough to enjoy the pictures, whether they are reading the book themselves or having it read to them. It's a fast read, but a pretty one, and at ten bucks is cheaper than many true pop-up books I've seen. (It's also somewhat less prone to destruction with rereadings, as the images don't move much or stick out of the book.)
You might also enjoy:
Tales of Great Dragons (J. K. Anderson, YA Fiction - A coloring book introducing many dragons and dragon tales)
Dragon (Jody Bergsma, YA Picture Book - A peaceful prince meets an angry dragon)
Usborne Fantasy Quests (Andy Dixon, YA Fantasy/Picture Book - Three seek-and-find picture puzzle adventure tales)
Dragons - Truth, Myth, and Legend (David Passes, YA Nonfiction - Dragon myths and lore)
The Dragonology books (Dugald A. Steer, "editor", YA Fiction - Dragon lore with many beautiful images)
How to Raise and Keep a Dragon (John Topsell, Joseph Nigg "editor", YA Fiction - Dragon ownership manual for various breeds)
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