Pop-up Books: July Sneak Peek

Insect-lo-pedia is buzzing into bookstores soon!!

This October eager insect enthusiasts can go buggy over the latest in the Young Naturalist Handbook Series. Through his whimsical artwork Matthew Reinhart has created a place where fact and fancy merge with unforgettable results.

Over 250 individual watercolor illustrations are scattered throughout the pages of this impressive picture book. Each page is crawling with fun facts about the creepy crawlies we share the Earth with.


This armored arthropod isn't content to rely on his chitin-made exoskeleton for protection. Insect-lo-pedia is brimming with zany bug characters like this one.		Here Matthew illustrates a mole cricket's attempt at amplifying sound, used to send out his mating call in stereo.		The mosquito gets the nod as the Most Dangerous Animal on Earth. Find out just how humans have suffered at the hands of insects.

Insect-lo-pedia is not all fun and games! Detailed diagrams show bug basics - from body pieces and parts to illustrations of the life cycle of various insects. Each spread is crammed full of interesting, and sometimes even disgusting, facts about the bugs that wiggle across the pages.

More Insect-lo-pedia. Meet the artist!

Sneak Peek Archives 2003 July 2003 - Insect-lo-pedia June 2003 - Pop-up flowers May 2003: Alice in Wonderland April 2003: Gallery opening - More photos from "Travels in Time and Space" March 2003: Alice in Wonderland February 2002: Providence is coming!		Sneak Peek Archives 2002 December 2002: The Night Before Christmas artwork - More Artwork and Production November 2002: Matthew Reinhart's The Ark - The Making of The Night Before Christmas 1 and 2 October 2002: Pop-up Advertising Exhibit September 2002: Movable Book Display - More Movable Books from the Los Angeles Library July 2002: Insectlopedia June 2002:Holiday Boxed Set May 2002: Popposites and Providence