It's Alive!
Matthew Reinhart and legendary children's book creator Maurice Sendak are currently collaborating on a pop-up book. The book is based on one of Maurice Sendak's plays "It's Alive!" Matthew and Maurice previously collaborated on a movable with the cover of the exhibit catalog for the pop-up exhibit "Brooklyn Pops Up!"
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| "It's Alive! (although the title may be changed for the final book)" tells the story, through the use of only two words, of a baby lost in a mad scientist's laboratory.
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The baby cleverly outwits the monsters residing in the laboratory at every turn!
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| Maurice Sendak's artwork is absolutely delightful in the practically wordless story that seems to be right out of the 1930's!
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After sketching, the final artwork is created using pencil and watercolor which always has that special Sendak touch.
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Since this is, after all, a pop-up book the artwork is being created in pieces in order to accommodate the mechanisms created by Matthew Reinhart.
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The mad scientist looks like he falling to pieces but each piece has been carefully planned to ensure a finished pop-up.
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No pop-up book is complete without backgrounds and this one is no exception. Only Maurice Sendak could create such and amazing (yet, hilarious!) world!
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| We'll keep you updated on this project and next time hope to include some of the pop-up from what we are sure will be a classic movable book!
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