![]() ![]() Three-dimensional or movable books are animated works that are created by “paper engineering.” A pop-up has parts made from stiff card stock that move when a page is turned. Within the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library in New York City are ten Paddington titles, all in the form of pop-up or sliding books. There were 15 Paddington titles in all, plus picture and gift books, a cook book and a guide to London. The film is based on the children’s books of the late author Michael Bond, who 60 years ago this month, published the first volume, A Bear Called Paddington, on October 13, 1958. After opening the covers to the movable parts within, the good-souled, marmalade-loving bear is transported into a dreamlike world of a London cityscape-all of it folding and popping up like the intricate paper constructions of a pop-up book. ![]() The volume is for sale in the Notting Hill antique store of the Hungarian refugee Mr. The plot of the much-loved 2017 film, Paddington 2, revolves around a one-of-a-kind, pop-up book. ![]()
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