Inside the Villains
Description
Internationally bestselling, oversized lift the flap book that reveals the secrets of the most famous fairytale villains.
Explore if you dare! Take a look inside and discover the villainous tricks inside the heads of an ogre, a wolf and a witch. Lift the flaps to find out what's beneath their disguise and who was the victim of their last meal (now comfortably settled inside their stomach!).
This exquisitely produced large fold-out book is like no other: a celebration of story that's full of humor and detail on every page, and has over 30 interactive elements that will mesmerize toddlers, pre-schoolers and independent readers.
Fold open the page to read all about each three villains on their personality card--their favorite pastimes, physical characteristics, their best meal and, of course, their favorite books. And on the other page, explore inside the villain by gently pulling the spiral innards of the wolf to see his last meal--children!--or watch how the witch transforms from good to bad with the lift of a flap on her crooked nose.
A multi-layered book with pop ups, flaps within flaps and multiple fold outs, Inside the Villains is the ultimate interactive gift book that will captivate children age 3 and up. A perfect book for Halloween or any child who enjoys fairytales.
Clotilde Perrin is an illustrator living in Strasbourg. Her other books include The House of Madame M and Inside the Suitcase.
Translated by Daniel Hahn.
Praise for Inside the Villains
"Splendid introductions, chock-full of villainous revelations and insights both figurative and literal." --starred review, Kirkus
"In delicate interactive paper flaps within a wonderfully oversize book, Perrin explores the true characters of three archetypal villains: a wolf, a giant, and a witch." --Publishers Weekly
"A super size and simply super picture book." --2018 Best Picture Books, New Zealand Herald
"Have you had a look inside Inside the Villains yet? It's a tell-all account of three of literature's greatest baddies (the Wolf, the Giant and the Witch), with more flaps to lift than you can shake a stick at. The perfect gift for fans of The Jolly Postman series." --London Review Bookshop
Praise for The House of Madame M
"The most, and best, (pop-up) haunted house in decades." --starred review, Kirkus
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"The title can be taken literally, as the figures of a wolf, a giant, and a witch posing on the right sides of each big spread are kitted out with artful multilayered flaps that, lifted up, reveal contents of heads and stomachs as well as underclothes and pockets full of knives, captive children, or other treasures. Thus, readers tantalized by the wolf's list of strengths and flaws and a full version of 'The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats' beneath the gatefold opposite can peel aside his pelt to see him clad in 'Grandma's nightgown, ' open up his head to see strategies for getting into various houses, move his jaws up and down to marvel at his big teeth, and lift up a cut spiral to view kids and other victims in his 'Misery-guts.' Or lift the witch's petticoat for a gander at her underpants, or peer beneath the giant's vest to reveal tattoos with 'Hangry, ' 'Sausage Power, ' and other legends. Each villain is presented with one unabridged tale ('Jack and the Beanstalk' and 'Alyoshka and Baba Yaga' are the other two) and lots of oblique but easily recognizable references ('THINGS I HATE: Mirrors, girls fairer than I, children who are too smart, wide open ovens'). In addition, each profile includes a list of other related, popular stories (mostly but not entirely European). The witch, the giant, and all of the smaller human figures are white. Splendid introductions, chock-full of villainous revelations and insights both figurative and literal."--starred, Kirkus Reviews
"In delicate interactive paper flaps within a wonderfully oversize book, Perrin (At the Same Moment, Around the World) explores the true characters of three archetypal villains: a wolf, a giant, and a witch. Each fiend receives a gatefold's worth of background information: an introductory message ('I am the wolf. Everyone is afraid of me'), a well-known tale, and a trait sheet that details the baddie's strengths ('mastery of evil spells'), weaknesses ('digestive problems'), distinguishing features ('huge buttocks')--even its library. But the real pleasure is found in large lift-the-flap portraits of these mythical figures: The wolf's fur folds away to reveal Grandma's embroidered nightgown beneath it (pockets filled with octogenarian notions), which itself opens to skin level, where clever flaps show the contents of the animal's scarred stomach and wily mind. The giant's outerwear peels away to show what (or who) is hiding beneath his red hat and within his jacket's sausage-patterned lining. And a feather cape opens to reveal the witch's frock, her pocket's removable surprises, and the dreadful treasures she's stowed in her petticoats. In this book of detailed devils, which offers all the joys of paper crafts with none of their frustrations, the devil is most certainly in the details."--Publishers Weekly
--Journal"Evil figures in childhood stories--the Wolf, the Giant, the Witch--disclose their secrets in this French import. Through cunning paper-engineering techniques (using flaps, levers and strings), skillfully rendered images, traditional stories and personal dossiers, each villain's history unfolds in the creamy thick pages of this oversized volume. Inside the Villains by Clotilde Perrin is a handsome literary and visual package that invites exploration with the fingers, the eyes and the imagination.
Each of the three sections opens with a first-person narrative by the villain. The wolf starts, 'Yes, it's true that I sometimes happen to eat (okay, devour) lost children, little pink piglets, grandmothers and occasionally even baby goats.' A gatefold then reveals 'More About Me, ' including 'My Strengths, ' 'My Weaknesses, ' 'Games I Like' and 'My Library, ' listing the Wolf's various starring roles. The story of 'The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats' appears next, in a three-column layout with generous white space, and then--the piece de résistance--a full-page hairy wolf shape opens to expose grandma's embroidered nightgown and valentine socks over hairy feet. Other flaps open to show the wolf's stitched-up stomach, his brain with dastardly thoughts labeled 'brilliant ideas' and his long snout with pointed teeth, closing around baby goats.
The Giant and the Witch get the same treatment with the stories 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and, unexpectedly, 'Alyoskha and Baba Yaga, ' where a Russian witch tries to roast a boy. The witch's attributes come from tales listed in her library section: a dress embellished with lollipops, an apple, a cat hidden in her pocket and a boy in a small cage on her inner skirt. Open the skirt again for further surprises. This is a book that children will likely ask for eagerly (and repeatedly) to continue discovering its mysteries.
Discover: Not a beginner's fairy tale book, the beautifully designed Inside the Villains provides shivery delights for children."--Shelf Awareness
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