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Introduction

What’s going to be the next “super collectible” pop-up book?

Pop-up books are getting increasingly expensive these days, so when you can save a few dollars by preordering (and support the authors and artists at the same time) it just makes sense! So to help you find the latest and greatest at the best possible price, this list includes details of the most beautiful pop-up book and paper engineering pre-orders on my radar. I’ve included those upcoming titles I think will be the most collectible, beautiful, and/or likely to be future prize winners, as well as titles that have been out of print for a while and are getting re-released.

Do share in the comments if there’s a title you’re particularly looking forward to coming out soon 

Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links for which I may be compensated (this does not affect my reviews nor cost you any money, but helps support my site hosting costs). I deeply appreciate your support of my site if you use these links, but warmly encourage you to buy from your local Indie bookshop if you have the opportunity.

What if I want to know more about already published pop-up books?You might also be interested in checking out:

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Here Comes Charlie Brown! A Peanuts Pop-Up Book

A pocket-sized 3D version of the very first Peanuts comic strip, a variation of the Browning sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?”. The publisher has indicated this is intended to be the first in a series, with later books focusing on Snoopy, Lucy, Franklin and the rest of the gang.

Paper Engineer: Gene Kannenberg Jr., comic by Charles M. Schulz
Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
Anticipated Publication Date: Apr 25, 2024

Find it at Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells

Abrams, 9781419757785

Keith Haring Pop Up Book

The officially licensed Keith Haring Pop Up collection features 3D re-creations of iconic pop artist Keith Haring’s works, including Sculptures, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Pop Shop Grid, Dog, Silence=Death & Houston Street Mural. The collection includes two book editions (standard edition and a special Altarpiece edition with an alternate silver foil stamped case wrap, housed in a bespoke wooden Altarpiece case), a greeting card and an 18″ x 24″ pop-up poster.

Paper Engineer: Simon Arizpe
Publisher: Poposition Press
Anticipated Publication Date: April 2024

Find it at Poposition Press

Pop-Up Surrealism

Produced in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, Monaco brings to life eight works of art by leading surrealists: Salvador Dalì, Victor Brauner, Jean Arp, Man Ray, Joseph Cornell, Dora Maar, René Magritte and André Breton. Short texts introduce each work and its historical context, while hand-painted illustrations bring a new dimension to this revolutionary period in modern art. ISBN 9780500027738.

Paper Engineer: Gérard Lo Monaco
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Anticipated Publication Date: Jul 18, 2024

Find it at Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Pop-Up Holiday Worlds: Pop-Up Town Tour

An exploration of the haunting domain of the Pumpkin King and the joyful holiday world of Sandy Claws, with original illustrations created for this edition. Designed to include both interactive elements and spreads for holiday display. ISBN: 9798886634037. 
(Nb: the publisher has stated this will be different to the 2018 edition.)

Paper Engineer: Matthew Reinhart, illustrated by Rodrigo Tannus
Publisher: Insight Editions
Anticipated Publication Date: Aug 6, 2024

Find it at Amazon | B&N | Blackwells

Disneyland: Pop-Up Park Tour - Reinhart Pop-Up Studio

An interactive map of all your favorite locales at the Disney Parks, including locations such as Tomorrowland, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Adventureland, and more, with doors, flaps and tabs on every page and hundreds of fascinating facts, stats and trivia to accompany the pop-up landscapes. Cover TBC.

Paper Engineer: Matthew Reinhart, co-authored by Charlie Price
Publisher: Insight Editions
Anticipated Publication Date: Sep 3, 2024

Find it at AmazonB&N | Waterstones | Blackwells

ISBN: 9798886630244

Pop-Up Planetarium

An introduction to the constellations, from mythology to science. Includes a built-in star wheel cover to find constellations in the sky, and a pop-up star map to turn any room into a planetarium by projecting constellations onto the wall or ceiling. ISBN: 9781250906977.

Paper Engineer: [not stated], text  by Lynn Brunelle, illustrated by Sarah Dennis
Publisher: Odd Dot
Anticipated Publication Date: Oct 8, 2024

Find it at Amazon | B&N | Blackwells

The Moomins Find a Home: A Pop-Up Adventure

A pop-up adaptation of Tove Jansson’s first Moomin story, The Moomins and the Great Flood. ISBN: 9781035038404.

Paper Engineer: Elena Selena, text based on a story by Tove Jansson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Children’s Books
Anticipated Publication Date: Oct 17, 2024

Find it at Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells

2024 Pop-Up Holiday Books

Harry Potter Pop-Up Holiday Wreath

A holiday wreath featuring the Hogwarts crest, four interchangeable ornaments with different Harry Potter–inspired icons to hang on the wreath, and a flying Golden Snitch as the bow. ISBN: 9798886630640.

Paper Engineer: Matthew Reinhart
Publisher: Insight Editions
Anticipated Publication Date: Sep 4, 2024

Everybody Scream! The Nightmare Before Christmas Pop Up, Play, and Display

The iconic world of Tim Burton springs to life in Everybody Scream!: Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. When you pop the characters up and take the jacket off, you can display a scream-filled scene that showcases the residents of Halloween Town. ISBN: 9781419775543.

Paper Engineer: Evie Daye, illustrated by Disney artists
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Anticipated Publication Date: Oct 24, 2024

The Night Before Christmas: Deluxe Pop-Up Edition

A pop-up rendition of beautiful artwork by Charles Santore across 10 spreads, to accompany the classic Christmas Eve poem. ISBN: 9781646432899.

Paper Engineer: [not stated], illustrated by Charles Santore, story by Clement Moore
Publisher: Applesauce Press
Anticipated Publication Date: Oct 24, 2024

Find it at Amazon | B&N | Blackwells

Pop-Up Re-releases

This section includes books that were previously been released and went out of print, but new editions will be available shortly. I’ll add in a review if I have the original edition.

Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe

Paper Engineer: Matthew Reinhart
Publisher: Insight Editions
Anticipated Publication Date: Jun 15, 2024 (originally released in 2013)

Find it at Amazon | Blackwells

Original 2013 edition (OOP): Amazon | Abes | eBay


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Transformers shift, change, and rise to battle, including pull-tabs that let you watch the pop-ups cleverly change into entirely new paper creations. Features more than 35 iconic Transformers characters, including Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, and more. Original publication date October 2013.

Review

The paper engineering is fantastically impressive, as the pop-ups cleverly and completely transform, just like the original Transformers themselves. The enormous Autobot Omega Supreme seems almost too tall to fit back into the book as he towers up out of a two-page spread to smash the Decepticons. The paper is relatively robust for an adult collector, but the book would require care in the hands of children, particularly as some of the tabs are quite stiff. (Review based on my original 2013 edition.)

In A Spooky Haunted House

A kid-friendly Halloween journey through a haunted house. Board book, first released in the US in 2020 (same ISBN).

Paper Engineer: Joel Stern, illustrated by Christopher Lee
Publisher: Little Simon
Anticipated Publication Date: Jul 18, 2024 (originally released in 2020)

Find it at Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells

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