- Hardcover: 12 pages
- Publisher: Heinemann Young Books; 1st edition (26 Oct 1981)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0434956430
- ISBN-13: 978-0434956432
- Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 19.3 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #51 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > P > Pienkowski, Jan
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an absolutely wonderful book and one of the finest examples of Pop up Book creations by the maestro Jan Pienkowski.
(Check out another of his 'Haunted House'.
The book actually tells a wonderful tale in the form of a postcard to Mum.
The full postcard can actually be read in one of Mum's 4 arms.
There are wonderful 'in jokes' throughout the book and the book really benefits from a repeated rereading. Dad is a Mr Universe contestant, just read the captions to his many photographs in his training gym. Thank goodness he is wearing boxer shorts!!
Throughout the twins constantly disturb and explore causing mayhem.
Sis is still going out with her Neanderthal boyfriend complete with the meanest Motorbike I have ever seen.
Little gems constantly pop out and make you smile like a careless match dropped in a box of fairy fireworks. (I won't spoil the action by actually telling you of them find out for your self*.)
Granddad and Grandma give a hand!! to Rob's pet! (again I won't give anything away but look at the silhouettes on the next pages!!)
There is a really neat twist at the end.
WONDERFUL.
(* I had to!!)
(Check out another of his 'Haunted House'.
The book actually tells a wonderful tale in the form of a postcard to Mum.
The full postcard can actually be read in one of Mum's 4 arms.
There are wonderful 'in jokes' throughout the book and the book really benefits from a repeated rereading. Dad is a Mr Universe contestant, just read the captions to his many photographs in his training gym. Thank goodness he is wearing boxer shorts!!
Throughout the twins constantly disturb and explore causing mayhem.
Sis is still going out with her Neanderthal boyfriend complete with the meanest Motorbike I have ever seen.
Little gems constantly pop out and make you smile like a careless match dropped in a box of fairy fireworks. (I won't spoil the action by actually telling you of them find out for your self*.)
Granddad and Grandma give a hand!! to Rob's pet! (again I won't give anything away but look at the silhouettes on the next pages!!)
There is a really neat twist at the end.
WONDERFUL.
(* I had to!!)
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1 review
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
A real delight
1 Dec 2003
Format:Hardcover
Jan Pienkowski's pop-ups are great, but this is the creme de la creme of Pienkowski pop-ups. Whimsy, attention to detail, off-the-wall humour and down-to-earth touches make this robot family real.
This book is written as a letter home from a homesick space-travelling robot. He asks how the family is doing. As they read the letter, you see the family members, each more wonderful than the last, from the mother who washes the baby in the washing machine to the multi-armed big sister preparing for her date.
This book uses stereotypical roles in a refreshing way to build a family of real characters and personality.
On one level, this book is predictable. On another, it's as zany as they come. It uses the familiar nuclear family (plus Grandpa) to humanize another life form. The hidden message is that all families - regardless of background - have much in common, yet have their special (often lovable) quirks.
The pop-ups are delightful, but this is a book that will be loved to pieces by children of all ages. I am 53 and buying a second copy. I just introduced a three-year-old to it, and her eyes were big with wonder. She'd never seen a book like this before, and that's because it has no match.
To know it is to love it.
This book is written as a letter home from a homesick space-travelling robot. He asks how the family is doing. As they read the letter, you see the family members, each more wonderful than the last, from the mother who washes the baby in the washing machine to the multi-armed big sister preparing for her date.
This book uses stereotypical roles in a refreshing way to build a family of real characters and personality.
On one level, this book is predictable. On another, it's as zany as they come. It uses the familiar nuclear family (plus Grandpa) to humanize another life form. The hidden message is that all families - regardless of background - have much in common, yet have their special (often lovable) quirks.
The pop-ups are delightful, but this is a book that will be loved to pieces by children of all ages. I am 53 and buying a second copy. I just introduced a three-year-old to it, and her eyes were big with wonder. She'd never seen a book like this before, and that's because it has no match.
To know it is to love it.
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