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Mummy?
They're all here! Everybody's favorite monsters are just going about their business when a plucky little boy wanders into their cuckoo house. And what does he want? He wants Mommy!No matter how scary these monsters are, there's no besting a little boy who's looking for his mommy. In one hilarious pop-up extravaganza after another, this kid shows them a thing or two.
14 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006
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September 1, 2016
No me gustan los libros pop up, porque no importa cuanto los cuides o que tan delicado seas, siempre terminan rompiéndose.
Pero este libro fue un regalo asà que no queda mas que disfrutarlo, mientras dure.
La historia es sobre un bebeshito que esta buscando a su mamá� en lo que parece ser un castillo encantado. En su búsqueda se encuentra con varios monstruos y en vez de temerles les juega bromas.
Muy lindo y entretenido porque el pop up no solo aparece si no que tienen unas funciones de movimiento.
Pero este libro fue un regalo asà que no queda mas que disfrutarlo, mientras dure.
La historia es sobre un bebeshito que esta buscando a su mamá� en lo que parece ser un castillo encantado. En su búsqueda se encuentra con varios monstruos y en vez de temerles les juega bromas.
Muy lindo y entretenido porque el pop up no solo aparece si no que tienen unas funciones de movimiento.
July 30, 2018
This book is exceptional! You have to open it and you will understand what I mean. :)
February 21, 2024
A beautiful pop up book that just couldn't exist in today's publishing landscape. The scenario is basically an "Are You my Mother" story in a haunted house, but what sets it apart is Sendak's incredible artwork.
January 22, 2020
This is a truly amazing pop-up book. Maurice Sendak is incredible!
April 29, 2014
Mommy? is a wonderful picture book that has many different and unique elements to it that make it valuable and good for young children. This book is a pop up book with great illustration and repeats one word several times throughout it. This book is about a toddler who wanders through a haunted house but instead of being scared, he plays tricks on the monsters. And in the end he finds out that he is Frankenstein’s bride’s child! This book would be good for the Halloween season in a classroom, he isn’t scared of the monsters and they are not mean to him so it would be appropriate. It is a great example of another style of a picture book, pop-up, that they might not see that often. It would be a good art activity to have them make their own small pop up pictures. This book might however bring a little controversy just because of the scary characters but overall i think if it was presented in a fun and beneficial way it would be good for the classroom.
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April 23, 2023
brilliant engineering, fun monsters
***
30 October 2006
Makes a great Halloween gift.
***
02 November 2006
Beloved by fierce five and six-year-olds
***
30 October 2006
Makes a great Halloween gift.
***
02 November 2006
Beloved by fierce five and six-year-olds
January 14, 2017
This is a very engaging pop-up book with a charming surprise ending. It's great to spark imagination (from a child or adult!) and read aloud.
November 13, 2017
This book I enjoyed solely for the fact that it is a pop up book and in fact is Maurice Sendak's first pop up book. The storyline is about a little boy that is searching for his mother, but along the way the only things he comes across are monsters. Considering the fact that this book only has two different words throughout, it is still extremely engaging and interesting because of the pop up feature throughout. The monsters come to life as the little boy is traveling to find his mother and this is done with the pop out feature, finally the little boy finds his mother after traveling through all of the monsters. I enjoyed this book a lot because of the pop up's and I believe it has a decent storyline and theme. The theme would be perseverance and the sweet idea that the little boy was just trying to find his mother and would endure anything to do so. Something like a pop up book is extremely interesting and intriguing to young children so I really enjoyed the illustrations and style of this story.
October 31, 2022
This may be the perfect pop-up book for a Halloween day book review!
As Mickey searches for "Mommy" in Dr. Frankenstein's house, he keeps running into monsters, instead. However, with his usual cheek, he easily bests each one--popping a pacifier in the vampire's mouth, taking the bolts out of Frankenstein's monster's neck, unwrapping the mummy--until he is finally reunited with his mother, the Bride of Frankenstein.
I think very young kids might actually be scared by parts of this book (it's a lot of monsters, all engineered well), but for older kids, this loosely-defined story sets all the right notes in between being spooky but not overly so, and it's clear throughout the story that Mickey himself isn't scared a whit.
An intricately-created paper marvel, it's definitely a fun one for older kids and paper-engineering fans in general!
As Mickey searches for "Mommy" in Dr. Frankenstein's house, he keeps running into monsters, instead. However, with his usual cheek, he easily bests each one--popping a pacifier in the vampire's mouth, taking the bolts out of Frankenstein's monster's neck, unwrapping the mummy--until he is finally reunited with his mother, the Bride of Frankenstein.
I think very young kids might actually be scared by parts of this book (it's a lot of monsters, all engineered well), but for older kids, this loosely-defined story sets all the right notes in between being spooky but not overly so, and it's clear throughout the story that Mickey himself isn't scared a whit.
An intricately-created paper marvel, it's definitely a fun one for older kids and paper-engineering fans in general!
November 13, 2017
Mommy is a story of a little boy looking for his mom. Along the way all he finds are monsters! This book only has two different words throughout the entire text but the images keep it very engaging. One of the ways this is done is by having all the picture pop out of the book! The monsters come to life but the baby passes by them until he finally finds his mom. I think this book would be great to use around Halloween because all the characters are spooky looking monsters. I think kids would love this book for the pop up images. I hadn’t seen very many books that did that and I really like it. I thought the images added so much to the story and loved the creativity. I could use it as an intro into creating their own pop up books about their family or keep it Halloween themed.
September 27, 2022
When Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks, and Matthew Reinhart collaborate, what do you get?! One of the most uniquely humorous and slightly off picture books you may ever find. In this macabre rendition of “Are you my mommy?�, a young boy, reminiscent of Sendak’s boy in “Where the Wild Things Are�, searches room after room desperately calling out “Mommy�, only to be greeted by various monsters and ghouls. The illustrations are distinctively Sendak’s while the paper engineering can be non- other than Reinharts. The intricate pop-ups coupled with the gently frightful illustrations makes for a fun romp during the Halloween season, or anytime you’re in the mood for a scare! ***I just can't wait until a patron finds the topless woman on the "mummy" page!
June 14, 2021
In this humorous horror parody of Are You My Mommy?, a toddler wanders in from a graveyard in search of his maternal parent. In each scenario, he deals handily with various creatures that attempt to scare him.
The pop-out pages are accompanied by side panels that add cute little fillips to the main action. Matthew Reinhart’s paperwork is some of the best I’ve ever seen, including a spinning mummy that miraculously creates the illusion of unravelling.
If you’re a Maurice Sendak and/or Hammer horror film fan, this terrific book merits adding to your collection.
The pop-out pages are accompanied by side panels that add cute little fillips to the main action. Matthew Reinhart’s paperwork is some of the best I’ve ever seen, including a spinning mummy that miraculously creates the illusion of unravelling.
If you’re a Maurice Sendak and/or Hammer horror film fan, this terrific book merits adding to your collection.
January 27, 2022
Sendak’s brave, grumpy, cheeky boy wanders through a Horror movie asking for his mummy, confronting the major monsters of the classic Horror genre popping out with incredible paper engineering skills. He meets a shocking Nosferatu-like vampire (see the boy peering at a massive bat skeleton); he sticks his tongue out at Frankenstein’s monster; he finds a mummy - not the kind he is seeking - and pokes its nose; he confronts the Wolfman. Who does he find at the end?
The artwork is comic, detailed, superb- if a little terrifying - and Matthew Reinhart’s paper engineering brings the undead vividly to life.
The artwork is comic, detailed, superb- if a little terrifying - and Matthew Reinhart’s paper engineering brings the undead vividly to life.
August 18, 2023
A little boy wanders through a house of horrors searching for his mommy only to encounter a series of scary but loveable monsters. This is by far the most impressive pop-up book I've ever seen, though its very intricacies make for an extremely fragile book. It's a pity as this one ends up a showpiece in the hands of collectors rather than a book destined for repeated readings for its intended audience.
November 6, 2017
This book reminded me of thr Million Dollar Movie on WOR form New York City. When I was a child it would place one movie a week, twice every weeknight and six times on Sat/Sun. It was my introduction to so many classic monster movies, although it's theme music, Tara's Theme from Gone with the Wind now seems a strange choice for a monster movie station.
This child asks every single monster if it is his mommy but never finds her. This leaves me feeling unsettled. How would a child feel??
This child asks every single monster if it is his mommy but never finds her. This leaves me feeling unsettled. How would a child feel??
October 25, 2017
Wow. This book contains two words in total.
My son is 12. We purchased it for him when he was 4.
And it STILL captivates us!
Sendak's illustrations are, as usual, action packed and the 'paper engineering' is remarkable.
If you have a tiny person in your life - get this book! It's a treasure! And so lovely during the Halloween season!
My son is 12. We purchased it for him when he was 4.
And it STILL captivates us!
Sendak's illustrations are, as usual, action packed and the 'paper engineering' is remarkable.
If you have a tiny person in your life - get this book! It's a treasure! And so lovely during the Halloween season!
November 25, 2017
SO FUCKING GOOD.
The paper engineering is fabulous (eyes that look around as the page is opened, wings that flap, ect- this is not just a the standard sorta 3d version of a picture book that you might be thinking)
I love this book. I will keep it safe and recious and will NEVER read it to a small child. Sorry, small children.
The paper engineering is fabulous (eyes that look around as the page is opened, wings that flap, ect- this is not just a the standard sorta 3d version of a picture book that you might be thinking)
I love this book. I will keep it safe and recious and will NEVER read it to a small child. Sorry, small children.
December 24, 2018
One of the best pop ups I've ever seen and I own several. Each page is fully animated as you open. There's another page on each page with a second animation. There's some tricks in here that I've never seen like a spinning mummy. It actually spins as the child pulls on the gauze (as you open the page). It's stunning.
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July 2, 2019
Maurice Sendak is a masterful storyteller, even when compiling a children's wordless pop-up book such as Mommy?. Apart from the cleverly engineered pop-up pages, the story of a boy inquiring after his "mommy" among classic gothic monsters is clever and fun. The phenomenal pop-up depictions are equally wonderful.
August 14, 2017
this is such a fun and unique idea for a pop up. Very cute story to make monsters not so scary and intimidating. would be a 5-star book except the fact that this book is very delicate and needs to be handled carefully so as not to rip any of the pop-up pages ( pages are made of heavy cardstock ).
October 21, 2019
It's the best pop up book that I've ever seen! Another Sendak classic. A baby runs amok in a haunted house, embarrassing all types of ghoulish characters while searching for his Mommy. In the end you figure out who the mommy is, the question is, who the heck is dad?!
July 19, 2017
Preschool - Monsters Storytime
October 19, 2017
Sooo Cute
Am perchasing this for my offsprings in the future
Am perchasing this for my offsprings in the future
January 7, 2018
This book is so much fun. My grand kids love it.
May 27, 2018
The most brilliant pop up book I have come across!
October 11, 2018
My students loved this book especially the pop up pictures.
October 21, 2018
This is one of my favorite Halloween books ever!
September 30, 2019
The paper engineering is nothing short of brilliant. Sendak's illustrations are great, but the real reason to love this book are the pop-ups!
May 20, 2020
For: readers looking for a light horror pop-up book.
Possible red flags: some readers may find the content too scary.
Possible red flags: some readers may find the content too scary.
December 9, 2020
Very fun book with lots to see and discuss. The pictures speak a thousand words, though the child in the story speaks only one.
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