ABC Disney: An Alphabet Soup

by Robert Sabuda

Celebrated paper engineer and illustrator Robert Sabuda dazzles readers anew with his own version of Disney magic: an enchanting pop-up featuring famous Disney characters representing each letter of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786831324
• ISBN13: 9780786831326
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Random House Disney
• Length: 14 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 10.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

This book is extraordinary for both children and adults

Adults will love this book both because it will remind them of the many characters with whom they grew up, and for the incredible science of Robert Sabuda's "paper engineering".Children will delight in the wonder of the "pop up". Not only do they love the recent and classic Disney characters, but thrill to know that they can identify the first letters of those characters' names!

Another movable masterpiece from Mr. Sabuda!

The House of Mouse finally meets a master movable book artist and the results are more dazzling than the Electric Parade along Main Street -- or even more spectacular than a synchronized fireworks display in the Orlando, Florida skies. What could have been a run-of-the-mill volume if executed by someone else, Robert Sabuda's latest masterpiece celebrates over 60 years of movie magic with paper, paint and a passion for cutting and folding. Instead of simply replicating the characters and making them move, Mr. Sabuda infuses them with his unique style and sense of humor. (See Pinocchio get cross-eyed as he watches his own nose grow longer! Gepetto would have been proud.) Julie Taymor (surprisingly with the blessings of the formula-bound Disney folks) impressed the critics and the crowds with "The Lion King" on Broadway. Now, Mr. Sabuda likewise has proven to our pop-up publishing planet that creativity and commerce need not be exclusive of each other. Bravo, Robert! (But where is Sebastian? I can't wait for the sequel. A is for Aladdin, B is for Belle, C is for Chip...) Note: This review has been published in the Movable Book Society's newsletter, Movable Stationery Vol. 7 No. 1 February 1999

You would swear it is an animation!!

This book captures the personality of the Disney Characters. You feel as if you are watching a movie with the way these pop-ups come to life.

A Collector's Must Have

Once you open this book, you will fall in love with the clever paper animations, which bring the characters to life almost as well as the movies do!! Some stretches and one or two obscure characters, but this is a must-have for any Disney collector or book lover!!

Amazing!

A wonderful book for childeren to enjoy. They all know these characters so they will love learning the ABC's this way