Customer Reviews

The Night Before Christmas Pop-up

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The creativity in use of colors and images, and the attention to detail makes it for a beautiful art. Sabuda does bring the Christmas spirit to your home. In fact, I think that this is one of the best Christmas books around. This is because it is a perfect Christmas gift not only for the smallest of children but for the whole family. Being an adult I also enjoy it. All children at my 9-years-old daughter's class made a big order for Sabuda's "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and "The Night Before Christmas" together with Nowiki's two books from the series "Why some cats are rascals". The teacher's smart idea made for a great savings on shipping costs

I thought this would be a fun way to share "The Night Before Christmas" poem with my 9-year old. The folks who were fascinated by the engineering and awed by the complexity of the pop-ups were my husband and I! This is a keeper, and a great classic Christmas present to give to adults with a sense of whimsy.

"The Night Before Christmas," is Mr. Sabuda's pop-up version of Clement Clarke Moore's classic tale of Santa's visit on Christmas Eve. The phrasing has been altered; still the story is the same, except mice play the human roles. It is a delightful rendition that will appeal to both the young and old alike.

Different from any other pop-up book I've seen, the backgrounds in Mr. Sabuda's books are generally solid in nature with white pop-up's that are often accented with color. This makes a wonderful contrast of positive and negative space that is unusual, and unexpected yet, striking. In this book, the artist has added more color to the pop-ups than in his earlier holiday works. Creatively conceived, the detailed execution of the pop-ups is what REALLY captures the viewer's attention, and carries this book. They are SO fantastic I have to continually remind myself it is only paper. For instance, when Santa calls out to the reindeer, "No, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! . . ." all eight reindeer literally fly off the page in sleigh formation with Santa trailing behind. It's brilliant! In addition, the finale is gorgeous! It is nearly an all-white scene with Santa in his sleigh, bidding adieu to a quaint little neighborhood down below. The backdrop displays a snow-capped mountain with a pull-tab that allows the viewer to draw Santa and his reindeer across the sky, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight."

"The Night Before Christmas," is a hardbound book that measures 8 " x 8 " x 1 ". Highly imaginative, both conceptually and artistically this book will make a valued addition to any Christmas collection. CAREFUL, young one's will be mesmerized by the pop-up action, and will want to grab. Probably best for children four-years and up.

I wanted to get a copy of The Night Before Christmas that was pop up and durable. Although the book is beautiful the pop ups are all in white paper so it wasn't what I expected and the durability is questionable. I don't think it's going to last as long as I had hoped.

This book is a work of art and amazing design!! The pop-ups are like nothing I've ever seen. A great gift for any book lover or art collector.

We bought this book for xmas for my 6 year old. She thought it was neat the way the pictures popped out, but some of the stuff was so glued and folded that the image would get stuck and not pop like it should. We struggled trying to get Santa and the reindeers to circle the village in the last few pages. It was frustrating that not every image worked like it should. Otherwise it was a decent xmas book.

This book is absolutely incredible!!! My whole family was amazed by it. My 4- & 2-yr-olds just went wild over it--the only 'problem' I have is keeping the younger one from pulling at it out of curiousity. :-)

I think this will be a classic in our home for many years to come!!!

Every time we open this book, we gasp. We have looked at it dozens, if not hundreds, of times and the amazement never wears off. We take it with us when we visit friends and family so they can gasp with us.

I just gave this to a mother of a 2 and 4 year old.

You would think I gave her gold. She just loved it.

She was just amazed at every page.

As a pop-up collector I look forward to any pop-up Sabuda creates and am always amazed at his continued engineering and artistic masterpieces. This creation is so fantastic you almost wander where the battery is. This book brings out the child like wonder, and is definitely my favorite wrapped gift for this year. Thanks...!!!