Playbook Pirates

Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Hardcover
$24.00 US
8.56"W x 8.5"H x 1.6"D   | 24 oz | 14 per carton
On sale Sep 10, 2013 | 12 Pages | 9780763666064
Age 3-7 years
A book that is also a play mat! The perfect novelty package for preschoolers and toddlers alike.

The pop-up storybook unfolds and transforms into a 3-D seascape play mat, revealing a pop-up pirate ship, mermaid island, and shipwreck. There are also press-out pirate characters, rowing boats, and sea creatures — everything you need for a sensational swashbuckling adventure!
Corina Fletcher is an award-winning designer who specializes in pop-up books and paper engineering. She studied at Central St. Martins School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Her more recent work includes pop-up editions of Lauren Child’s hugely popular books and Oliver Jeffers’s Lost and Found.

Britta Teckentrup studied illustration and fine art at St. Martin’s College and the Royal College of Art in London. She has created more than thirty books, and her work has been translated into twenty languages. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines, on housewares, clothes, and packaging. Britta Teckentrup now lives and works in Berlin with her artist husband, their young son, and their cat.
[A] take-along adventure set starring a cute crew (boys and girls, and with a range of skin tones) and colorful critters. ... The clever design unfolds into a large, pop-up play mat equipped with free-standing characters ready for uncharted adventures.
—BookPage Children's Corner

About

A book that is also a play mat! The perfect novelty package for preschoolers and toddlers alike.

The pop-up storybook unfolds and transforms into a 3-D seascape play mat, revealing a pop-up pirate ship, mermaid island, and shipwreck. There are also press-out pirate characters, rowing boats, and sea creatures — everything you need for a sensational swashbuckling adventure!

Creators

Corina Fletcher is an award-winning designer who specializes in pop-up books and paper engineering. She studied at Central St. Martins School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Her more recent work includes pop-up editions of Lauren Child’s hugely popular books and Oliver Jeffers’s Lost and Found.

Britta Teckentrup studied illustration and fine art at St. Martin’s College and the Royal College of Art in London. She has created more than thirty books, and her work has been translated into twenty languages. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines, on housewares, clothes, and packaging. Britta Teckentrup now lives and works in Berlin with her artist husband, their young son, and their cat.

Praise

[A] take-along adventure set starring a cute crew (boys and girls, and with a range of skin tones) and colorful critters. ... The clever design unfolds into a large, pop-up play mat equipped with free-standing characters ready for uncharted adventures.
—BookPage Children's Corner