The Pop-Up Mother Goose
The pop-up Mother Goose
Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie...Imagine those blackbirds popping out at you! The Pop-Up Mother Goose includes surprises on every page. Author Harold Lentz was a commercial artist who delved into the world of book publication in the 1930s, when he designed a series of colorful fairy tales, incorporating imaginative drawings and paper engineering. Lentz and his publisher were the first to coin the term "pop-up" to describe their surprising design. Produced and sold during the Great Depression, these imaginative books provided readers a joyful distraction.
This is an early 20th-century children's pop-up book. The spine is partially detached and is attached to the back board by three strips of pressure-sensitive tape. The heavy weight of the cardboard pages has caused the spine to shift out of shape. The endsheets are damaged and detaching at the gutters. Conservators will remove the pressure-sensitive tape from the spine, then clean and reline the spine. The original spine will be reattached. Repairs will be made to the endsheets. Finally, a custom enclosure will be created to house this fragile item.
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Adoption Type: Preserve for the Future
