My Pop-up World Atlas Hardcover – Pop up, September 11, 2012

Christmas was coming up. The 6-year-old for whom I bought this is an advanced reader, capable of reading chapter books, but he has a soft spot for pop-up books and requested one from Santa. I wanted to find one that straddled his slightly childish aesthetic interests and his capacity for higher-level intellectual engagement, and this particular one, which introduces the seven continents three-dimensionally, came recommended by The New York Times, which provided this interesting context for the fact of its existence: “Even in a world in which Google Maps is set to declare dominance, atlases continue to be published and illustrated, especially for children. But given the multimedia lure of online versions, it’s not surprising that print representatives increasingly boast their own bells and whistles.”The review reminded me, uncomfortably, of how Big Tech is encroaching not only on our lives but on our children's as well. At restaurants, we let the 6-year-old watch YouTube videos while we eat, and sometimes, we look over and find that the algorithm has led him to discomfiting places: a video of someone putting together Elsa's castle with Legos begets a video of someone putting together Santa's sleigh, which begets a video of a stampede involving a misunderstanding among Santa's reindeers from which Santa does not come out in one piece. It's unnerving, but then, we've gotten out of the habit of hiring babysitters because of the pandemic, and we have YouTube to thank for relatively quiet dinners out. I try to avoid shopping on Amazon, too — for related reasons — but, as I mentioned earlier, Christmas was coming up, and, because of the pandemic, there were a lot of product delays. It wasn't clear to me whether I could trust that My Pop-up World Atlas would arrive by Christmas if I ordered it elsewhere, but Amazon had proven to be generally reliable.And the book did arrive in good time, and it's as fascinating as I hoped for, and, as the 6-year-old pointed out when I asked why he needed the book from Santa and couldn't just get it from the library, there is something extremely satisfying about lifting the fresh, untouched little flips on a newly purchased — not checked out from the library — pop-up book.

Great book! Are there other books like this pop-up interactive book on different topics? My son loves this book and it's so engaging!

Nicely illustrated, colorful, design was amazing, granddaughter loved it

Love this Pop up atlas for my little explorer. It has fun facts and very pleasing to the eyes and senses. Great addition to our home library.

This is an absolutely wonderful book. It was purchased for a six-year-old who is very interested in geography. This book is not only beautifully done but is packed with fascinating information. In reading the book with my grandson I was reminded of long-forgotten geography facts. I loved the various tabs and surprises found within the pages of this really terrific book. Any child (or adult) interested in the word of which they are a part will adore this book.

This book was a gift for my niece and we were so excited to read it. The images were great and there are a lot of fun facts about the world. However, some of those facts are out of date now as of 2023.

Bought this as a Christmas present for my host kid. He is 5 and absolutely loves it. Buying books for kids, especially nowadays with all this technological stuff is rough this pop up atlas managed to make him entertained for hours! Off course i had to read and explain most of it for him cause he’s to young but it opened his eyes for a hole different perspective of the world.

All four of my children ages 11-4 love this book. My four year old is constantly bringing it to me to read for him, or I’ll see him on the sofa flipping through it himself. Beautiful graphics. Who doesn’t love pop up books?!