Peter Pan by Robert Sabuda

Peter Pan Reviews

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  Lorraine

  Robert Sabuda’s Peter Pan Pop-Up Book is excellent. His original story is contained on pages on each page. There are pop-ups on each page of this story, and there are 2-3 pages of the story on each large page which has a large pop-up. Very colorful! Extremely artistic! Unbelievable pop-ups! Congratulations to Robert Sabuda!
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  Teresa

  I had never actually read Peter Pan and I enjoyed the story. I love the idea of sewing on a shadow. The pop ups were exquisite. The way the book is set up can make the text difficult to read at times.
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  (Katie) Paperbacks

  I absolutely love Robert Sabuda's pop-up versions of classic books, this is the only one that I own...but I would love to have them all someday. Bringing the sweet charming story of Peter, Wendy, John and Michael to life through elaborate and intricate pop-ups.
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  The Library Mouse Tales

  This is the best pop-up book I have ever seen. Robert Sabuda really brings the story to life with his amazing pop-up designs.
  The original story by J.M. Barrie (written in 1911) tells us the tale of Peter Pan, a mischievous boy who can fly and never grows up. He has fantastic adventures on the island of Neverland where he is the leader of the Lost Boys. The story is full of fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans and even some ordinary human children, Wendy, Peter and John Darling. The story is for 0-12 years but I wouldn't recommend this edition for young children as the pop-ups are very complicated and delicate. They could be easily damaged if you are not careful with the book.
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  L.B.

  Cute and great illustrations. I loved that the little booklets that hold the text also had pop-ups. Do not think that this reflects Disney's Peter Pan, this is a abbreviation of the original story by J.M. Barrie. Unfortunately, the giant pop-ups may not pop-up completely all the way. At least, that was the issue I found in the copy that I read. I also thought that the huge pop-up illustrations made reading the book a bit difficult. Though, despite those two issues, it was an alright book. Good if you enjoy the story of Peter Pan, like pop-up books with giant, detailed illustrations, feeling nostalgic and/or would like some fun.
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  Asho

  This is our fourth Robert Sabuda pop-up book and they continue to impress. I've never seen any other pop-up books like this. The detail is spellbinding. J keeps buying these for L because she's so pleased with them (partially because she really likes them, but I suspect also partially because she's allowed to read them but her 2-year-old sister is not.)
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  Esther

  Highly inspiring paper engineering. I did not read the text (we all know Peter Pan’s narrative). Text are secondary to Sabuda’s paper engineering prowess, intricate, delightfully detailed and breath-taking! Large and minuscule scaled (a book within a book) are done with incredible precision.
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  Karen Roettger

  Loved the retelling of this story & the intricate pop up pictures by Robert Sabuda. This story fulfills my 2023 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge for a book where the main character’s name is in the title.
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  Jessica

  Three stars for the popups, zero stars for Peter Pan. It gives me the terrible icks and always has. I thought a popup version would help but no. It is still as creepy as ever. (Same as Alice in Wonderland, so expect a copy/paste review.)
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  Debra Lowman

  This is such a beautiful pop-up book designed to go with a classic story. A gorgeous piece of literary art.
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  John Dusenberry

  While somewhat of a confusing annotated version, the pop-up artwork is like nothing I've ever seen before. My daughter and I both loved reading this book!
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  Stephanie Maris

  The pop-ups are gorgeous, and the story is as timeless as ever!
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  Jenna Mills

  A found the story for this one not as clear
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  Willa

  The art is amazing!
  The grown-ups are amazed by this and I had fun!
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  Andreja

  I own almost all pop up books from Robert Sabuda and they are a delight to read and unfold. These pop up books are perfect for younger children and for adults.
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  Rebecca

  WOW! Robert Sabuda has the Midas touch when it comes to adapting stories to pop-up format in ways more clever and intricate than you've ever seen. This one features a book-within-a-book: the double-page spreads pop out into huge 3D illustrations, but the text is on smaller, flip-able pages on each large page (the smaller pages have their own pop-ups, too!). Incredible! Gift book idea for kids who can be gentle.
  
  There is a video on Amazon, but it looks pretty grainy to me:
  
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pan-Class...
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  Autumn E. Thomason

  You have not seen true pop-up art until you have seen a work of Robert Sabuda. Peter Pan is a story that has been adapted in every medium because of how colorful it is, like a dream. This version of the tale really adds life to the story. Obviously, it is an abbreviated version as far as the text goes (each page is about an inch thick, accompanied by smaller panels on the side for the bulk of the story). But the thing is, you don't buy a Sabuda book primarily for the text--you buy it for the art, which is extraordinary in color, variety of medium, and size. I believe "dazzle" is a good word for it.
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  Shae

  Robert Sabuda makes the most amazing pop-up books, something we discovered in our library's "no check out, stays at the library" zone. Santa brought this book and I have to admit that besides being an engineering wonder of paper, the adaptation of this classic novel was very good. There are six sections of this book, each with enough text (usually on a multi-page fold out) to feel almost like a chapter, so we read one seciton a day, but an older child could sit down and go through the entire book in an hour. Hopefully Santa brings us more (I have my eye on Jungle Book.)
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  Turrean

  Spectacular artwork, and a decent retelling of Barrie's original text. Sabuda chose to finish the story with an interesting image – – the lonely, solitary Peter, watching through the window as Wendy and her brothers are reunited with their parents. My students recognized how sad an image this really was.
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  Suzanne

  Another Robert Sabuda. I love Peter Pan, and it's the perfect subject for a pop-up book. I have it on my coffee table and I keep looking at it over and over again. There's a video that shows some of the pages when you go to the listing on Amazon.com. Amazing stuff!
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  Michael Haydel

  Another Robert Sabuda great.
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  Karen

  This is my daughter's favorite book of all time, which is saying something.
  
  Includes much of Barrie's original text.
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  Leslie Swope

  Pop up book. 'Nough said.
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  Marianne

  The pop ups were amazing!