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Do Pop-Up Books Teach Children Anything?

First Posted: 08/10/10 05:01 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:20 PM ET

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New research finds children learn less from pop-up books than they do from old-fashioned volumes illustrated with photos.

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New research finds children learn less from pop-up books than they do from old-fashioned volumes illustrated with photos.
New research finds children learn less from pop-up books than they do from old-fashioned volumes illustrated with photos.
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LisaCACO
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10:33 AM on 08/12/2010
for the toddler set, pop up books keep their interest(if necessary) and help with hand-eye coordination.

there are some really neat pop ups for older kids, 5-8 year olds, that are fascinating and that my daughter loves. those are great. Robert Crowther writes some fabulous ones- we just bought this one on flight:

http://www.amazon.com/Flight-Pop-Up-Aircraft-Crowthers-Transportation/dp/076363459X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281623521&sr=8-1
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inkongirl
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12:44 PM on 08/11/2010
Sure they learn something, how to destroy a book even faster.
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mlaiuppa
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01:17 AM on 08/11/2010
Could it be because pop up books are the reader's digest version of children's lit? Condensed. Fewer words.

They're meant to be visually stimulating and fun. Not a science textbook.
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PelePele10
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10:19 PM on 08/10/2010
Nope but they're hella fun! If Moby Dick was a pop up, I might have finished it...
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TheRoad
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03:43 PM on 08/11/2010
Actually, there is a Moby Dick pop-up out now - I have it! It is more of an art piece than literature, but it is beautifully done. I agree we miaiuppa above...pop-ups aren't meant to be literature/sciene textbooks. They are objects unto themselves.
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PelePele10
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04:58 PM on 08/11/2010
All right Cormac, you are very right and thanx for the tip about the pop up Moby Dick. I might get to finish it now! lol
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HKB
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05:15 PM on 08/10/2010
But they are fun to look
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