600 Black Spots: A Pop-up Book for Children of All Ages (Classic Collectible Pop-Up)

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Following the amazing success of One Red Dot and Blue 2, David Carter has done it again! He's back with 600 Black Spots, his most clever scavenger hunt pop-up yet. Readers can spend countless hours of fun searching for the black spots throughout the pages--but be careful! Tricks and surprises abound in this endlessly entertaining, keep-you-on-the-spot book!

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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Pop-up smiles, 2008-12-31
David Carter says that 600 Black Spots is the third book in his set of five which will featuring about fifty kinetic sculptures. I recently bought the first in the series: One Red Dot, loved it and thought I would go for the black dots. Like Red the paper engineering in this latest book is very clever though I think Red had perhaps more creativity in it: one spread had some thin poles actually revolved as the pages were opened, another created clicking sounds as it was opened fully.

Still, 600 has some imaginative visual goodies. The first spread features a fan of paper strips that is so simple yet stunningly effective; spread five has a left-hand page that requires you to lift up five different colored papers with the last piece very cleverly revealing a mirror and a comment about you; on the right-hand page of this spread you can pull two tabs that move a series of colored dots up and down and left to right; the last spread springs a sort of porcupine structure towards the reader.

I thought it was interesting that Carter writes the words after he has finished the sculptures though I imagine he has a general idea about what each book is about. Some of his writing is clearly aimed at adults like the use of `Fauve kaboom' on the last spread of Spots. He says `Fauve' is French for wild animal (the porcupine effect in the pop-up) which critics said had painted some of the works of Carter's favorite artist Matisse. Roy Lichtenstein's pop art inspired the `kaboom'.

The free-form pop-ups in Red Dot, Blue 2 and 600 (plus Carter's two future books to complete his series) will be a remarkable record of what paper engineering can achieve and they leave a smile on your face, too!

***SEE THE INSIDE SPREADS by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.

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1 out of 5 stars

need to fix it with sticky tape, 2008-10-15
the book arrived with defect.The last page, one side of paper base broken.As expensive returning post fee, I tried to fix it by sticky tape. It is sad to received a defect book.

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5 out of 5 stars

Who doesn't like spots?, 2008-07-09
This book is amazingly awesome! I purchased it along with Blue 2 for my nephew and niece but in the mean time shared it with my neighbors and the neighborhood kids. Everyone from age 4 up to age 64 just loved it! A book not only for kids, this book will make a great gift for your designer friends and any adult who can appreciate an alternative presentation of something seemingly as mundane as a spot!

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5 out of 5 stars

Book for children, 2008-06-18
600 Black Spots: A Pop-up Book for Children of All Ages (Classic Collectible Pop-Up)
Fantastic, clever book. I'm sure my grandchildren will enjoy it - if I ever can part with it.

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5 out of 5 stars

Artwork, 2008-05-29
Fascinating artwork. A great piece of art doesn't have to hang in a museum. This book gives enjoyment to whoever opens it. Keep it close by so your guests can open it and be amazed and you'll enjoy it again every time they do.

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