Introduction

The Alice books lend themselves particularly to interpretations as pop-up books and ‘movable’ books. Pop-up implies a static three dimensional effect, ‘Movable’ means that that the pop-ups not only stand out, but can be made to move to add special effects.

We also include in this list, other special adaptations of the books, including shaped books, flip books, and books with other special effects.

The original version of this list was produced many years ago and a number of new items have been added - but we are sure that there are more items to add. Do let us know if you have any further information.

Pop-Up Alice

A.L. Bowley, ‘Come to Life’ Panorama

Alice in Wonderland , illustrated by A.L. Bowley, ‘Storyland Treasure’, Raphael Tuck, London, n.d. [c. 1921]. With ‘Come to Life’ panorama. The single popup is in the centre of the book.

The first issue has ‘Patent applied for’ printed in the lower right hand corner of the panorama. A later issue has a patent number in the lower left corner of the panorama, and different adverts at the end of the book.

R.M. Turvey, ‘Open the Book’

Alice in Wonderland. Open the Book - See What bobs up! , illustrated by R.M. Turvey, Collins, London, n.d. [c. 1930s]. Two shaped coloured scenes are concealed within the covers, and emerge above the top when the book is opened.

Vojtech Kubasta, ‘Westminster Books’

Alice in Wonderland , ‘ Westminster Books’, Bancroft & Co., London n.d. [1960s]. Illustrations and pop-ups by Vojtech Kubasta. We think this is based on an original Czech version published by Artia ( Prague, Czechoslovakia) in 1960. There may be other foreign language versions, published by Bancroft, but we have not seen examples.

Modern Promotions, My Favorite Pop-Up Book

Alice in Wonderland , My Favorite Pop-up book, Modern Promotions, New York n.d. [c.1974] Price on front cover $2.00. Copies are known with later prices. Later issued as a Honeybear Giant Pop-up Book, Modern Promotions, New York, 1983.

J. Pavlin and G. Seda, Pop-Up Book

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland , retold by Lorna Lettie-Hodge, illustrated. by J. Pavlin and G. Seda, Murrays Sales and Service Co., London, 1973. Copyright note says ‘1973 Artia, Prague’. Later issues were published by Brown Watson, Leicester, n.d. (copyright note 1973), and by Octopus Books Ltd., London, 1980.

This popular version was translated into German (1983 and 1985), French (1988, 1990, and 1991), Japanese (1975) and Swedish (1976).

Sooty Pops Up in Wonderland

Sooty Pops up in Wonderland , Ariel productions, Birn Brothers Ltd., London n.d. [c.1958]

Disney’s Alice and the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

Walt Disney’s Alice and the Mad Hatter’s Tea party , a Pop-up Book, Purnell, London, 1969.

Brown Watson, Minipanorama

Alice in Wonderland , Minipanorama Pop-up Series. Brown Watson, Leicester, 1981. There was a slightly different French version (M.F.G. Creations, 1988).

Children’s Leisure Products, Pop-Up Book

Alice in Wonderland . Children’s Leisure Products Ltd., Manchester, 1984. Copyright ‘1984 Ediciones A SALDANA’ Also published in the USA as Alice in Wonderland. A Favorite Pop-up Book, Derrydale Books, New York, 1984.

A-B-C Pop-up book

Alice in Wonderland . An A-B-C Pop-up book. Union, New Jersey, Wonderland Records, printed in Colombia, South America, 1984. Three fan-folded pop-ups, issued with a ‘play-a-long read-a-long cassette’.

Grandreams, Pop-Up Storybook

Alice in Wonderland. Pop-up Storybook. Grandreams Ltd., London, 1991, and 1994. 6 pop-ups.

Grandreams issued it in 1996 as A Musical Pop-up Storybook with new front cover, and only four of the pop-ups, but with the addition of a musical press-disc, which plays ‘I’m a little teapot’.

Issued in the USA as A Favorite Pop-up Book, Derrydale Books, New York, 1984, and in Canada by Brimar Publishing Inc., Montreal, 1993. A Czechoslovakian translation was published by Fortuna Print, Bratislava, 1991.

Samantha Smith, Binky Books

Alice in Wonderland . Four pop-up books (Down the Rabbit Hole, Curiouser and Curiouser, The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, The Queen of Hearts), retold by Elsa Knight Bruno, illustrated by Samantha Smith, paper engineering by Bruce Foster. Binky Books (an imprint of Books & Toys Ltd.), London, 1992. Also issued by Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc., for Lexicon Publications, Inc., 1992.

Pamela Storey, Brown Watson

Alice in Wonderland: Pop-up Picture Story, illustrated by Pamela Storey: Brown Watson, London 1992.

Nick Bantock, The Walrus and the Carpenter

The Walrus and the Carpenter . Pop-up book, by Nick Bantock. Viking Penguin, New York, 1992. There were later issues.

Movable Alice

Tony Sarg’s Treasure Book

Tony Sarg’s Treasure Book. B.F. Jay, New York, 1942. Contains Alice in Wonderland, Rip Van Winkle and Treasure Island. Involves moveable wheels and novelties, for example the Hatter tips his hat, Alice grows taller.

Emma C McKean’s Magic Fairy Tales

Alice in Wonderland . Illustrated by Emma C. McKean: McLoughlin Bros., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1943. In the series ‘Magic Fairy Tales’. 6 tab-operated plates move to change the pictures.

Julian Wehr’s Animated Picture Book

The Animated Picture book of Alice in Wonderland . Illustrations and animations by Julian Wehr. Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1945.

Issued in England by Pilot Press Ltd., London, 1947.

Simone Deleuil’s Circular Transformations

Alice au pays des merveilles . Illustrated by Simone Deleuil. Edition Bias, Paris, 1954. Four circular transformations.

Paul Taylor, Random House

Alice in Wonderland . Retold by Albert G Miller, designed by Paul Taylor, illustrated by Dave Chambers, Gwen Gordon and John Spenser. Random House, New York n.d. Printed in Singapore (1968), and also in Japan.

Also published by Graphics International, New York, 1968.

Rainer Koenig Hallmark

Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland, adaptation by Karen Ravn, illustrated by Pat Paris, designed by Rainer Koenig: a Hallmark Pop-up book, Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City n.d.

James Roger Diaz, Macmillan

Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland, designed by John Strejan, illus. by Jenny Thorne: Macmillan Children's Books 1980. Paper Engineer - James Roger Diaz. Reprinted 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990*, and with a redesigned cover in 1991, reprinted in 1992, and 1994.

This hugely popular version was also published in t he USA by Delacorte Press,

New York 1980, later by Dell Publishing, New York undated (A Yearling Book).

There were also editions in Japanese (Dainihou-Kaiga); Dutch (Von Holkema & Warendorf, Bussumi) and French (Macmillan New York 1980).

Tony Ross, Crocodile

The Pop-up Book of Nonsense Verse, illustrated by Tony Ross: Viking Kestrel, London 1989. Includes `How doth the little crocodile' with a popup moveable illustration.

Nick Bantock, Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky, a Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass, created by Nick Bantock: Viking Penguin, New York 1991.

Robert Sabuda, Simon & Schuster

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a Pop-up Adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Original Tale, by Robert Sabuda: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, USA 2003.

Shaped Alice

The Sleepy Dormouse, Marks and Spencer

The Sleepy Dormouse, illus. by Leigh Kidman: "Marspen Exclusive Series", Marks and Spencer Ltd., undated (c.1910). Enquiries of Marks and Spencer have failed to produce a precise date.

Valentine & Sons, Mad Tea Party

Adventures of Alice in Wonderland: Valentine & Sons, London, undated (c. 1920s?). Colour pictorial boards cut to the shape of the Mad Tea Party. 11 full-page red and black anon illustrations. 24pp.

AIW, Simple Simon Classic

Alice in Wonderland: a "Simple Simon Classic", Hightext Ltd., London 1984.

Brown Watson, Shaped Picture Story

Alice in Wonderland, a Shaped Picture Story: Brown Watson, London, n.d. (c. 1985). There is also a Spanish version (Susaeta Ediciones, Madrid 1982), which may be the original of the English edition).

Alice in the White Rabbit's House, Twin Books

Alice in the White Rabbit's House: Twin books, Greenwich, Connecticut 1988. (a Walt Disney book)

Alice in 3-D

AIW, Playmore Inc.

Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland: Playmore Inc., New York, n.d. (c.1980). Front cover has a 3-D picture. Published in England by Brown Watson, Leicester n.d. (c.1980). Japanese in origin - Froebel-Kan Co. Ltd., Tokyo.

Alice Flip Books

Streamline Silver Screen

Streamline Silver Screen Productions Present Alice in Wonderland Flicker Book: United Anglo-American Book Co. Ltd., London n.d. (1940s?)

Swamp Press, Cheshire Cat

Alice 's Flip-book of the Cheshire Cat, illus. by Ed Rayher: Swamp Press, New York, Second edition June 1978 (first edition not seen)

Merrimack

Alice 's Flip book: Merrimack, New York 1982

Alice Panoramas, Cut-outs, Stand-ups, Novelties, etc.

Tuck's Panorama

Alice in Wonderland Panorama, with movable pictures: Raphael Tuck, London (1926). Also published by Cupples and Leon, New York. The characters can be slotted into a background landscape.

Julia Greene, Cut Outs

Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland, illus. by Julia Greene, with cut-out pictures: Simpkin, Marshal, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., London n.d. (printed in USA - c.1920s?)

Sidney Sage, Stand-ups

Stand-Ups ... Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, designed by Sidney Sage: Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, Ohio 1934.

Juvenile Productions, Novelty Cut-Outs

Alice in Wonderland Novelty Cut-Outs: Juvenile Productions, London n.d. (c. 1940s). Published in USA by Whitman, Wisconsin.

Disney, Punch Out

Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland Punch-out Book: Adprint, London n.d.

Disney, Magic Wonderbook

Alice's Magic Wonderbook: Walt Disney Productions n.d. (1960)

Byron Sewell's Snark

The Hunting of the Snark, illus. by Byron Sewell: Catalpa Press, London 1974. Included are the characters in separate card sections, so they can be mixed and matched. Also includes an effect where the Baker vanishes.

Macmillan's Colouring and Cut-Out Book

Alice and her Friends from Wonderland, story book colour and cut-out book: Macmillan Children's Books, London 1986.

Maryline Poole Adams, Peep-Shows

Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass - arranged as Peep-Shows, by Maryline Poole Adams: Poole Press, Berkeley, California 1989. Two 'volumes' in a slip-case. 100 numbered and signed copies.

Maryline Poole Adams, Two Brothers

The Two Brothers - A Peep Show, by Maryline Poole Adams: Poole Press, Berkeley, California 1994. 65 numbered and signed copies. The poem is from `The Rectory Umbrella’.

TGB Productions, Bibliography

Pop-up, Shaped and Moveable Alice books, a bibliography by Selwyn Goodacre: TGB Productions, London 1987. This webpage is based on this preliminary work. Includes an effect where a card gardener rises up.

Greetings Cards

Dodo Designs

Octagonal shaped peepshow card - Dodo Designs, England 1980.

Peepshow card - United Nations Designs Ltd. London 1983 (a larger version of the preceding item)

Pop Shots

Birthday Tea Party Card - No. PS-147 `Pop Shots': Popshots, Inc., Westport, Connecticut, undated (c.1980s).

Cottage Industries / Macmillan

`Peep-show' type card - Cottage Industries/Macmillan c.1994

Code ALICE 726 `Looking Glass'.

`Peep-show' type card - Cottage Industries/Macmillan c.1994

Code ALICE 729 `Down the rabbit hole'.

`Peep-show' type card - Cottage Industries/Macmillan c.1994

Code ALICE 730 `Queen of Hearts'.

Presumably there are others in the series (e.g. Code 727, 728, possibly more?).

Credits

This page is based on material compiled by Selwyn Goodacre and Mark Richards.