Released: July 30, 2008
“Delight in all things fairy is a bustling industry today, and Encyclopedia Mythologica: Fairies and Magical Creatures is a fascinating little gem of a book that should be on every girl’s “must have” list. Longtime collaborators Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda, both masters of paper engineering with many pop-up books to their joint and individual credit, have created a book that is both marvelously simple, yet wondrously complex. Shakespeare’s Titania rises majestically to life as the reader opens this amazing centerfold. She stands more than six inches tall, and her skirts, adorned with flowers, billow impressively about her. Her tiara is of flowers, and her wings are a translucent lavender that complements the royal purple of her skirts. In other words, she looks exactly as a fairy queen should. Open another flap to reveal King Arthur’s Lady of the Lake, who was “sole protector of thirteen Celtic treasures,” including Excalibur. A tiny flap introduces us to the Tooth Fairy, who “may have arisen from a seventeenth-century French tale.” The authors are also the creators of the Encyclopedia Prehistorica series as well as The Young Naturalist’s Handbook: Insect-lo-pedia. Watch for more from this talented pair!” ForeWord Magazine
