Playbook Pirates

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This brilliant and ingenious novelty package comprises a pop-up storybook, which then unfolds and transforms into a 3D pirate seascape playmat, revealing a pop-up pirate ship, ship-wreck, mermaid island and more! Also with cut-out cardboard rowing boats, pirates and sea-creatures for a great pirate adventure! Then fold it away and store it in its own box-style slipcase - perfect portable fun for journeys, playdates and bedtime too. Created by the highly acclaimed paper engineer Corina Fletcher and brought to life through vibrant and detailed pictures from the hugely talented Britta Teckentrup.

Author Bio

Corina is a designer specialising in pop-up books and paper engineering with 20 years experience. She created the engineering for the pop-up version of Guess How Much I Love You and has worked with Oliver Jeffers and Lauren Childs among others to create best-selling pop-up versions of their picture books. She lives in Sussex, England with her family. Britta Teckentrup grew up in a town called Wuppertal. She moved to London in 1988 to study illustration and fine art at St Martin's College and the Royal College of Art and ended up staying in England for 17 years. Britta has created over 30 books, translated into 20 different languages. Britta's illustrations have appeared in magazines, on homeware, clothes and packaging. Britta now lives and works in Berlin with her artist husband, young son Vincent and their cat.