The Walrus & The Carpenter: Another Pop Up Rhyme From Through The Looking Glass

by Nick Bantock, Lewis Carroll

A walrus and a carpenter encounter some oysters during their walk on the beach--an unfortunate meeting for the oysters.

Genres: Childrens

12 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Nick was schooled in England and has a BA in Fine Art (painting). He has authored 25 books, 11 of which have appeared on the best seller lists, including 3 books on The New York Times top ten at one time. Griffin & Sabine stayed on that list for over two years. His works have been translated into 13 languages and over 5 million have been sold worldwide. Once named by the classic SF magazine Weird Tales as one of the best 85 storytellers of the century. He has written articles and stories for numerous international newspapers and magazines. His Wasnick blogs are much followed on Facebook and Twitter. His paintings, drawings, sculptures, collages and prints have been exhibited in shows in UK, France and North America. In 2010 Nick's major retrospective exhibition opened at the MOA in Denver. His works are in private collections throughout the world. Nick has a lifetime BAFTA (British Oscar) for the CD-ROM game Ceremony of Innocence, created with Peter Gabriel's Real World, featuring Isabella Rossolini and Ben Kingsley. He has two iPad apps, Sage and The Venetian and is working on a third. Three of his books have been optioned for film and his stage play based on the Griffin & Sabine double trilogy premiered in Vancouver in 2006.

Produced artwork for more than 300 book covers (including works by Roth and Updike), illustrated Viking Penguin's new translation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He's designed theater posters for the London plays of Tom Stoppard and Alec Guinness.

For 20 years Bantock has spoken and read to audiences throughout North America, Europe and Australia. Given keynote and motivational speeches to corporations and teachers state conferences. He's given dramatic readings on the radio and the stage and has been interviewed (way too many times) for TV, radio and print.

Bantock has worked in a betting shop in the East End of London, trained as a psychotherapist, designed and built a house that combined an Indonesian temple and a Russian orthodox church with an English cricket pavilion and a New Orleans bordello. Between 2007 and 2010 was one of the twelve committee members responsible for selecting Canada's postage stamps.

Among the things Bantock can't do: Can't swim, never ridden a horse, his spelling is dreadful and his singing voice is flat as a pancake.

Source: Nick Bantock - profile

Reviews

[Sharon Barrow Wilfong · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave this pop-up four stars because even though the art is fantastic, the poem is extremely long and I never could get any child to sit still through its entirety.

Hence, this is my only Nick Bantock pop-up that is in fine condition.

[Lorie LovesBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such fun! This is the traditional Walrus and the Carpenter poem by Lewis Carrol, but the illustrations are pop-up pictures. Some pages pop-up by opening up the pages, and some of them are more interactive where you lift a flap to help another item pop-up. A great book for anyone who loves Alice in Wonderland. The Walrus is my favorite illustration, but the Carpenter's tools are very interesting and his nose pops out of the pages.

[Ligaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not into poetry and didn't know this was Lewis Carroll verse but I definitely love a good pop-up book and as a bonus, the illustration is lovely! Reading this over 30 years after publication, I still respond with a smile and awe. This is a great little book!

[Hedwig Klamer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute surreal pop-up book

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some years ago, apparently twenty, I discovered Nick Bantock's pop-up books. They aren't especially sophisticated or complicated or even very beautiful, but I really liked them. In fact, I still do. Something about them is highly intriguing. I'll be passing this book on to my almost-five-year-old son to see if he enjoys it as much as I did.

As a side note, we recently watched Disney's Alice in Wonderland, and a version of this poem is sung by Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum. You can use that same for this book.

[Diane]

Delightful pop-up book with great art.