Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods and Heroes Pop-Up

After I ordered ENCYCLOPEDIA MYTHOLOGICA FAIRIES AND MAGICAL BEINGS POP-UP by Matthew Reinhart and saw how beautiful it is I had to get his GODS AND HEROES and after I wait 5 days for it to be shipped to my house it just amazes me how beautiful it really is!! I'm glad there is a video for all 3 of these MYTHOLOGICA books to get a good idea of how they look, but the low resolution video doesn't show the beauty of these books with sharp detail! When I see the Greek myth Mount Olympus Pop-up I revel in the detail of the Greek gods and I recognised nearly all of them standing and sitting in the temple buildings! Whether it's Hera, wife of Zeus, with her arms folded while Zeus sits on his throne or Hermes messanger of the gods flying over Olympus and Isis the rainbow goddess flying down her rainbow, the mythical characters are rendored both simply and beautifully in the pop-up stucture! And it all pop-up so fantastic! And the mini pop-ups show both the fall of Atlantis by a furious Poseidan and Artemus, Athena, and Aphodite appear together next to the Atlantis scene in the mini pop-up! Since I am an animater, I am impressed with the motion effects acheived with these pop-ups! In the mini pop-up you can see Artemus the hunting goddess pulling back her arrow on her bow as the little pop-up opens! The next pages show a fold out ship depiction of Jason's ship the Argo with an incredible fold out sail that spreads out like a fan! There is also the 12 labours of Hercules displayed by pulling a tab to show the tasks Hercules must perform drawn onto different small pages that are revealed when you keep pulling the tab! The next pages have a great pop-up of Thor the thunder god striking down with his hammer when you open and close the pages! And a clever mini pop-up shows what looks like a pretty maiden with a vail, but when you pull open the pop-up all the way you see it is Loki the trickster god pulling off his female mask! Another mini pop-up reveals a Valkerie warrier woman on her steed galloping in the sky! Asian myths are represented by the next two pages, with a volcanic goddess named Pele who erupts into fury when the warrior she is attracted to is attracted to her sister! She explodes out of the volcano when you open these pages! The last 2 pages show Quetzalcoatl the giant god serpent of the Aztecs! And I should mention that the first pages of this book have a great pop-up figure of Anubis the Jackal headed God of death of the ancient egyptians along with a mini pop-up pyramid and a woman shaving off her eyebrows when you open the mini pop-up, to express her grief at the loss of her cat!! I anxiously wait to recieve my DRAGONS AND MONSTERS POP-UP ENCYCLOPEDIA ! But I'm still waiting for that because seller swati21 put that book into the wrong package that was sent out to a Jonathan Hunsaker in Utah while I live in Uniondale, N.Y.!! Swati21's staff mixed up the ordered items and sent them to the wrong people! I got Hunsaker's order of DINOSAURS and SHARKS POP-UP ENCYCLOPEDIAS and he got my order of DRAGONS AND MONSTERS!! I had to mail Hunsaker's ordered items to him in UTAH!! So beware of seller swati21!!! Seller Bookseller USA sold me the FAIRIES AND MAGICAL CREATURES and GODS AND HEROES ENCYCLOPEDIA POP-UP books! So I recommend Bookseller USA!!

So I had this exact same book as a child and it got me into mythology. When I heard my boyfriends mom loved mythology, and is an amazing grandma, we had to get her this book. All of the pages open to a different regions mythology. What I find really fascinating my is that this book opens up the mind to different cultures mythology because so many people focus on one or two. All the pop ups are beautifully done and each page has 4-6 little areas. You learn so much and this is a great book to make memories with! Highly recommend as a gift! - be aware of little fingers as the pop up’s can be fragile for toddlers.

I have bought every book by this creator, they are so intricate and stunning.

The attention to detail in this book is incredible! This is not just one book, but many little books thrown in to the pages. The artwork is amazing. As others have said this is not a book for small children to be left with unsupervised. 4th to 5th grade, is the minimum age I would leave the book alone with. Storylines are great, however I wish the Abrahamic God of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity was included, as the mythology is very similar, and is a great teaching tool in developing critical thinking skills in young people.

You know those magical pop-up books you see in animated movies or cartoons sometimes? The ones that are so elaborate and complex that they couldn’t possibly exist in real life? Yeah, well, so much for that. Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda have created nothing short of magic with this three-book mythology-themed set. Each page has one large, impressive, center-piece pop-up that often extends far beyond the boundaries of the book. In addition to that there are little flaps on every page that lead to their own mini-pop-ups as well as some different stuff, such as a story that flips through the pages when you pull a tab. If you plan on getting one of these for your kid, maybe you should think twice if he/she is very young. The pop-ups are large and elaborate and, as it goes, more delicate than you may be used to. A rambunctious child could easily bend the paper which could possibly cause some of the pop-ups to fail to fold back in properly, causing even more damage. For example, there’s a mansion pop-up in the Fairies volume that will fail to fold back in if a paper tab is resting on the wrong side of another tab (they are not glued or attached in any way and it’s easy to bump it and move it to the wrong side). This happened when my girlfriend and I were looking at the book for the first time and, upon noticing that the pop-up wasn’t folding back in properly, we started examining it. It took probably five minutes to figure out what was wrong. That’s how intricate the designs of these things are. You have been warned.

Beautiful book it’s a gift for my nephew for Christmas and I can’t wait for him to see it.

What a book! I bought it for my daughter and it was a massive hit. Her friends and teachers were impressed when she took it school. My daughter loves mythology and this book enhanced her knowledge with it's amazing 3d art. There are at least 3 different pop-ups on a page with different little stories attached to each. There is a central large pop-up with fabulous detail and 2-3 smaller ones. The stories aren't very detailed but the 3d pop-ups are wonderful. I would happily buy all of Matthew Reinhart's books.

Il mio nipotino di 2 anni é rimasto estasiato ma ancor' di più i genitori. Lui già parla e capisce molto facilmente concetti anche molto complessi e ho pensato di donargli qualcosa che potesse motivarlo a capire l'inglese in un futuro non troppo lontano. La rigidità mi ha lasciato di stucco e, fortunatamente, non ha parti taglienti, dato lo spessore delle figure. Altri libri sono decisamente più fragili e pericolosi se paragonati a questa serie. Ma poi, la cura nei dettagli e le descrizioni ne fanno un gioiello di qualità unica. Consiglio vivamente.

Absolut schöne Pop-Ups, liebevoll gestaltet und dazu auch noch sehr preisgünstig. Besser geht es kaum. Schade, dass es diese Bücher noch nicht auf deutsch gibt, dann könnten Grundschüler sie auch alleine lesen. Aber trotzdem eine klare Empfehlung!

Hermosos

Otro libro de recortables increíbles de Robert Sabuda. Quería regalarle a mi sobrina la Encyclopedia Prehistorica pero vi este libro que aunque sólo esté en inglés tiene como plus el aprendizaje de la cultura de varias civilizaciones. Para niños hasta 5-6 años los recortables son un poco delicados, pero se pueden recorrer las páginas acompañando al niño y les encanta. En este tomo además casi todos los recortables centrales son espectaculares y no sólo el del centro. Lo volvería a regalar. Gods & Heroes (Encyclopedia Mythologica)