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1 folded sheet (unpaged) : color illustrations. Cover title; "10" in title appears on cut-out pull-tab. Open edition artist book. Pop-up brochure with pull-tab. Photocopy. Card stock, various weights. Includes bibliography of 7 African American-themed pop-up books on back cover. "Pop-up books are magically enchanting. They have the power to take us to new galaxies, revisit historical events, introduce new people, and re-interpret familiar stories. Can a child of color in the US see themselves in today's pop-up books? How would a Black girl, for example, feel seeing an image like her on the cover of a pop-up book? How would she feel turning the pages of a 3D adventure where she is the heroine? Might she be inspired to imagine, design and build her own pop-up stories? The US Census Bureau says there are 9.1 million Black children under the age of 15 or 15% of all US children in that age range. That seems like a good market size. Yet, it is most difficult to find a pop-up book with a Black child as the hero. You can help. Can you name 10 African American-themed pop-up books? Or, even 2? This pop-up brochure showcases African American-themed pop-up books located to date--not one published in the last two decades--and suggests ways to address this gap"--from 23 Sandy Gallery website http://23sandy.com/works/products-page/curated-collections/pop-up-movable/can-you-name-10-african-american-themed-pop-up-books, viewed 1/25/2016. Gift of Claudia Covert.
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Hicks_CanYouName10AfricanAmericanThemedPopUpBooks.pdf
Publication Date
2016
Imprint / Year
Arlington, VA : Black Threads Press, 2016.
Publisher
Black Threads Press
City
Arlington
Keywords
artists' books; African American; social issues; demographics; racial inequality; color printing; pop-up books; movable books; graphic design
Disciplines
Book and Paper
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Hicks, Kyra E.; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Can You Name 10 African American Themed Pop-Up Books?" (2016). Pop-up and Movable Books. 124.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_books_popupandmovablebooks/124