You’ve come to the “meat and potatoes” of The Popuplady’s site.
It is here that you will learn

• the history of pop-ups,
• the language used to talk about them,
• how to care for them,
• how to make them,
• arcane and little-known facts about them,
• and who were the heroes who made it all possible.

Take your time searching these pages; there is so much to learn.

Of course, The Popuplady doesn’t know everything and would welcome information from her visitors. If you have some pop-up information, please contact her.

Basic Facts

Now we are down to brass tacks and the real meat. Get an overall sense of the long history of movable books. So many people think they were invented in the 20th century. Here is solid information about the books you love, some history of where they were first used and, really important, the terms you need to understand them all. Nothing like have\ing the correct language tools to open up the doors of learning.The Glossary will be there throughout the website to help you.

Care and Repair

When we acquire older movable books and paper, they are often not “gently used,” especially if they were previously-owned by children.
Whenever The Popuplady finds a book she knows is rare and is unlikely to find in any condition, she will acquire it and clean it up. Here are some tips.

How To

Here is the bottom line on how pop-up books are made. People are aghast when then find out it takes over a year to make one and that they have always been made by hand, even today. Watch this video with awe!
For more instructions on how to make pop-ups using a range of mechanisms, see David A. Carter’s website.

Past Events

Time marches on and with it goes exhibits, lectures, and book signings, temporal things. With any luck, the information and images live on on the Web. When possible, important events will still be accessible here

Obituaries

Let’s not forget those people who paved the way for those working today. Let’s keep them in our hearts and minds, and often on our shelves.

Just for Laughs!

There was a time when The Popuplady did bone marrow transplants. It was serious work ‘though she tried to bring some levity into her patients’ lives. At popuplady.com, if you are not smiling, The Popuplady is not doing her job. Try these jokes on for size.

Cartoon artists use pop-up books as the butt of their humor.

Even the ex-President gets into the act!

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