Every now and again a special book comes along and I just can’t resist it! The Carousel of Animals is one such book and I just couldn’t decline when Little Gestalten asked if we’d be interested in sharing it with you!
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The Carousel of Animals is a cute little 3D pop-up book by Gérard Lo Monaco. It’s a small but mighty book, and will delight youngsters with its ingenuity.
Read this book almost like a regular pop-up book. All of the text is on the first page as as you read you unfold the pages and when you’re done the covers meet back to back. Tie the ribbon to hold them together and you have a pretty carousel to hang in a baby or toddler’s room; it even comes with a handy ribbon loop at the top just for this purpose.
How fantastic does this look?!
The Carousel of Animals would be a wonderful addition to a nursery (think baby shower gift), and it would be so fun to read in a group setting such as a library rhyme time or daycare or childminder’s setting where it could hang between readings.
My daughter is 8 and she says it’s adorable, and I must agree with her, too!
My only suggestion for future editions of this book is that the back of the book pages be a bright colour so that the carousel can be more interesting as if it is hung too high or too near the observer, you end up seeing only the white underside of the pages rather than the colourful characters. But once you find just the right location, it’s wonderful! I will be placing orders of this book for baby shower gifts and birthdays.
The illustrator, Gérard Lo Monaco, is surely influenced by his Argentinian upbringing, and now his current life in France; in fact, his paper craftsmanship has won him a 2017 Grammy Award! How fascinating is that? As much as paper seems to be becoming a thing of the past, paper engineering is still very much a talent in demand.
The Carousel of Animals is available through Gestalten, Amazon.com, and Amazon.co.uk
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Nicole Lancaster says
My favorite Carousel animal is the Elephant.
Linda Kwolek says
My favorite carousel animal is a peacock then the lion.
Natalie Crossan says
Love the horses 🙂
claire davey says
has to be a unicorn they so cute
MARGARET TONNER says
My own favourite would have to be the unicorn
Marilyn Nawara says
The beautiful and fancy horses.
Michelle Ferguson says
I like giraffes
Miss Tracy Hanson says
Definitely the horses. I remember going to Disneyland Paris and going on the one there, because the horse I wanted to have a ride on was taken, I waited until it had stopped again lol.
Linda Ford says
My favourite carousel animal is the horse, they are decorated so nicely!
Rosanne says
I like elephants both in real life and on the carousel
Tiffeny Brown says
My favourite is the lion 🙂 x
kathy pease says
I like the ponies best
Leela says
I like the horses.
Gina Ferrell says
My favorite carousel animal is a unicorn.
paula cheadle says
I love the horses
Solange says
My favourite is the horse.
john prendergast says
the hippo
Lorna Ledger says
Kanagroo! Thank you
Ruth Harwood says
love the horses x
Linda Madden says
My favorite is the unicorn.
Angelica Dimeo says
I love the horse or Unicorn when they have it
Kim Styles says
The Hippo! love hippos they look so placid and yet they really are not!
Sally Collingwood says
My favourite carousel animal is the giraffe
Debbie Welchert says
My favorite carousel animal is a horse.
michelle Miller says
horse
Darlene Owen says
My favorite is the horse.