Pets Go Pop!

by Bob Staake (Artist)

Speedy Pet
Tall Pet

Hairy Pet
Small Pet
Pets from around the planet come to three-dimensional life in this bold and innovative follow-up to TRUCKS GO POP!

Kids will love the wide range of hilarious animals that appear in unexpected scenarios, form a card-playing ape, and a jazz-loving lion, to a fearless pilot rhino-with a few more typical household pets sprinkled throughout! There's even a grand pop-up finale with all of the animals humorously brought together on their bus ride to school. The rollicking ending is bound to surprise and delight every animal and pet lover alike!

With sturdy but dramatic paper engineering and clever, vibrant illustrations by award-winning artist Bob Staake, PETS GO POP! will take kids on an unforgettable pet-popping romp!

Genres: Picture Books

12 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2009

About the author

Bob Staake has authored and/or illustrated more than forty-two books, including The Red Lemon, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year. His work has graced the cover of The New Yorker a dozen times, and his November 17, 2008 Barack Obama victory cover was named Best Magazine Cover of the Year by Time magazine. He lives on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a book about actual pets. It is about Wild Animals.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a children's librarian, I had a love/hate relationship with pop-up books. I loved them because they were fantastically cool, so cool that kids always wanted to check them out, which was great. What I didn't like was how quickly the ones that were for circulation fell apart, or even worse, some of the more elaborate pop-up books were turned into reference books and could not be checked out at all. As a children's librarian, pop-up books frustrated me. Now, however, I buy books as a mother, and I just love pop-up books.

As much as I want to jump in and write about the mechanics of Pets Go Pop!, I'll stick to my formula and write about the text first. The text is simple and it works. I don't buy pop-up books for the writing, so if is at all amusing, I am happy. And I am happy.

In general, the only way that Bob Staake's artwork could possibly be improved would be to make it 3D, like a pop-up book, like Pets Go Pop! The engineering of this book is beyond amazing. My husband is an engineer and mechanics of this book fascinated and baffled him. He kept opening and closing the book to see how everything fit together until my son had enough and took the book back. My son doesn't yet appreciate engineering; he just loves the way the crazy, colorful animals jump off of the page every time he opens the book. So far, this book has stood up to my Tornado Thomas. That also makes me happy.

And the poster that comes with this book? I would have bought this book solely for that poster. It's awesome.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Bob Staake's bright illustrations, and the pop-ups in this one are cool, but the book just falls flat for me. The ending seems completely unrelated and odd.

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice big pop ups simple text and a fun book. I read this to my 2 year old nephew and he loved it. It was tough enough for the gentle 2 touch. Ages 2+

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why, this came just in time for next week! Adorable pop-ups that make for a great interactive read with antsy little kids.

[Tina B]

"zoo animals, pop-up, no story (not real pets, zoo animals)"

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bright, detailed, pop-up pictures are the focus, with just a few words throughout.

[Andrea Estelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Beautiful new popup from Bob Staake! Boys loved it. Going to share it with the PJStorytimers before the library kids destroy it! :)

[Nancy in A2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful