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White Noise: A Pop-Up Book for Children of All Ages
18 pp.
| Little Simon |
October, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-4094-4$22.99
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As he did in One Red Dot and Yellow Square, Carter creates a visual feast through elaborate, abstract pop-ups. Here an aural layer is added, as each pop-up also makes a noise, as described in impressionistic text ("Rainbow bubble blast / and crackly white noise"). Some of the sound effects (and, for that matter, the pop-ups) work better than others.