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Who doesn't love pop-up books?

The term pop-up book is often applied to any three-dimensional or movable book, although the term "movable book" covers pop-ups, transformations, tunnel books, volvelles, flaps, pull-tabs, pop-outs, pull-downs and more, each of which performs in a different manner.

Movable books weren't initially made for children but for adults. In fact, books with movable parts were almost always used in scholarly works until the 18^th century when the techniques used in movable mechanics were applied to books designed for entertainment, particularly for children.

Nowadays, pop-up books aren't just used for 3D visualization of a children's story, like Alice in Wonderland or Peter Pan. They are also used for children's encyclopedias and they are utilized to recreate in paper form characters or worlds from films and book series, such as the Harry Potter pop-up book that provides the three-dimensional depiction of the different settings mentioned in the series, such as the Hogwarts Castle and Diagon Alley. Another popular pop-up book is STAR WARS: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy by Matthew Reinhart which received literary attention for its elaborate pop-ups and the skill of its imagery.

If you are interested in pop-up books, you can purchase them at your local book store or you can shop online. If you are interested in paper engineering, which is what is used to form pop-up books, there are books online that provide details on the basic mechanism of pop-up books, how to deal with multiple layers, the type of paper to be used, etc.

Whether your interest in pop-up book is purely as a fan, or you want to delve deeper into the difficult but fascinating art of pop-up books, you can visit the nearest book shop near you and learn more about pop-up books today!

Source: wikipedia.org
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