Nope, not going to tell you which one I voted for, but I will tell you about the prize and past winners.
First of all the prize is named after Lothar Meggendorfer [1847-1925], a German illustrator and writer known for great pop-ups, and is awarded for outstanding paper engineering to the paper engineer who has published the outstanding pop-up or movable book in the two preceding years. Two years worth of pop-up/moveable books is a hard grouping to narrow down to just one, but past winners have been:
1996 - New Brunswick - no award
2000 New York - Robert Sabuda - Cookie Count
2002 Milwaukee - Robert Sabuda - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2004 San Diego - Andrew Baron - Knick-Knack Paddywhack!
2006 Chicago - David Carter - One Red Dot
2008 Washington, D.C. - Matthew Reinhart - Star Wars
I have had two fan-girl moments in my life and they were meeting David Carter at BEA [signed my ARC - advanced reader copy in this case which is a single pop-up - of One Red Dot] and Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart at a book event [Great Read in the Park] in Bryant Park [signed my copy of Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs: The Definitive Pop-Up].
Who knows who will win this year because the list is full of gems, but whoever does, I recommend you gift one to someone this holiday season!
Soon to be released pop-ups that are on my list to check out are:
Frankenstein by Sam Ita [TODAY!]
Renaissance Art by David Hawcock [October 5]
Beauty and the Beast by Robert Sabuda [October 19]
Aesop's Fables by Kees Moerbeek [October 26]
A Christmas Carol by Chuck Fischer [November 10]
2 comments:
Frankenstein as a pop up? I love it!
Frakenstein, Dracula, 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea - there are some great ones out there :-)
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