Annual Reviews & Gift Guides
Most Beautiful Books of 2024 – A Holiday Gift Guide
A collection of the most beautiful books published in 2024, from children’s to non-fiction to fantasy. Find Christmas gifts or books for your own shelves.
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Botticelli’s Bed & Breakfast | A Magical Pop-Up Treasure Hunt
Botticelli’s Bed & Breakfast is a wordless carousel pop-up book from 1997. A creative invention from children’s book illustrator Jan Pienkowski, it is a witty and inventive treasure hunt of art history.
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Pop-Up Nature – Martiniere jeunesse
A series from Martiniere jeunesse with two paper engineering teams working on nature themes, originally published in French and translated into English and Spanish.
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Meggendorfer Prize Finalists 2023
An illustrated list of nominees for the 13th Meggendorfer Award, 2023 (the best trade pop-up books published in the last two years), given by the Movable Book Society. The winner is an educational pop-up book, with finalists including an architectural exploration, adaptation of a classic novella, pop art celebration, heroic Persian mythology, adventures of a curious cat, augmented reality, and more…
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Holiday Pop-Up Books
Lots of holiday themed pop-up books to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and more festive seasonal joy.
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Literary Pop-Up Books
Pop-up books and interactive novels inspired by authors, books and other works of literature.
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Meggendorfer Prize Finalists 2016
An illustrated list of nominees for the 10th Meggendorfer Awards, 2016 (the best trade pop-up books published in the last two years), given by the Movable Book Society.
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Best New Pop-Up Books
How to find all the most beautiful recently released and new pop-up books.
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Meggendorfer Prize Finalists 2014
An illustrated list of nominees for the 9th Meggendorfer Awards, 2014 (the best trade pop-up books published in the last two years), given by the Movable Book Society.
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Best Chinese Pop-Up Books
An illustrated list of the best and most thrilling Chinese language pop-ups – full of ancient myths and mystery and cleverly constructed paper architecture.