Books.Who doesn't love a pop-up book Noun 1. pop-up book - a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened pop-up ? Two of this season's best are Matthew Reinhart's Cinderella and Robert Sabuda's Winter's Tale: An Original Pop-up Journey (Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , $26.95 each). Those Queer Eye Queer Eye (originally Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)[1] is an hour-long American Emmy award-winning television gay series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network on July 15, 2003, and promptly became both a surprise hit and one of the most guys just can't stop making your life hipper and more fun. Share Ted Allen's The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes (Clarkson Potter, $27.50) with the overscheduled cook in your life. For gender-venturous children and their families, there's Carson Kressley's fun You're Different and That's Super (Simon & Schuster, $12.95), a storybook sto·ry·book n. A book containing a collection of stories, usually for children. adj. Occurring in or resembling the style or content of a storybook: storybook characters; a storybook romance. about an ostracized unicorn with adorable illustrations by Jared Lee Jared D. Lee (August 19, 1943 - ), an artist, cartoonist and illustrator, was born and raised in Van Buren, Indiana. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1966 from The John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis. . Stocking-stuffer alert: BukAmerica's series of $1.49 Buks (available from bukamerica.com) offer complete short works in sturdy, handsome bindings. Selections include an Edith Wharton story, Lynn Davis's photo essay on icebergs, and art critic Christopher Knight's essay on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Think "craft fair" is synonymous with "losers' creepy hobbies"? Not so: Greg Der Ananian's Bazaar Bizarre (Viking Studio, $]6.95) will speak to the tattooed cross-stitch or print-making artist in your life. It includes profiles of the book's many counter-cultural contributors and handy directions to make anarchy soap, hair extensions, sock monkeys, and more. And yes, Der Ananian created the cross-stitch art on the cover. For your friends' coffee tables: Relive the 1970s with the photos and stories in Bar Mitzvah Disco (Crown, $23.95), "with a foreword by the Village People" (need we say more?). Remake your home with Jonathan Adler: My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living (ReganBooks, $34.95). Rediscover the gorgeous abstract paintings of living lesbian legend Joan Snyder in a stunning new monograph (Harry N. Abrams, $50). Rekindle re·kin·dle tr.v. re·kin·dled, re·kin·dling, re·kin·dles 1. To relight (a fire). 2. To revive or renew: rekindled an old interest in the sciences. desire with Kal Yee's sensual black-and-white portraits of mostly nude men in Slide ($45 from slidethebook.com). |
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