Recently, Insight Editions sent over a copy of their newly released book, Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book: Based on the Film Phenomenon for me to review for the site.  The book retails for $34.95 and was released on November 16th of this year. The book was written by Lucy Kee with the engineering (since this is three dimensional) done by Bruce Foster.  Harry Potter Concept Artist Andrew Williamson did the art for the book.

Upon first opening the book, readers are brought into Dumbledore’s Office to see an envelope from the Ministry which contains 3 posters to hang on a wall.  There is also a Howler that welcomes you to the book.  Next you are on a journey to Dianon Alley to see all the shops. We also see Hogwarts, Hagrid’s Hut, the Dragons enclosure from Goblet of Fire and finally, the Graveyard! Each of the pages has a description of that part of Harry’s world.  They also have mini pop-up sections on each page with things like Hedwig in her cage, the chessboard from Sorcerer’s Stone and lots of others.

This book is definitely a fun and interactive book that any fan of the series will love.  You are brought into the world and can explore it as if you were really there.  The detail of the pop-ups is amazing, you can even look inside windows and you can see what is inside. Readers will need to be careful the first time opening each page, if you go to fast the pop-up parts may rip up.  So go slowly and you may need to help the book along with some parts of the pop-up.  But once you’ve opened it a few times it should be good to go.  The only problem I had was that it was sometimes hard to get the pull out sections to go back into their holders nicely.

They also sent over a fun video trailer for the book that you can watch along with some photos:

Head over to amazon or your local bookstore/online bookshop to purchase it! Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book: Based on the Film Phenomenon
(Amazon has it on sale for $19 now)

I’m not the only one who will be able to enjoy this book, I will be posting rules for a giveaway soon!

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