Books

A Celebration of Pop-Up and Movable Books. Ed. Jessica DuLong. Movable Book Society, 2004. ISBN 0974677507 [Itself a movable book, reproducing examples from throughout history]

Movable Books: An Illustrated History. By Peter Haining. New English Library, 1979. ISBN 450039498

Playing with the Book: Victorian Movable Picture Books and the Child Reader. By Hannah Field. University of Minnesota Press, 2019. ISBN 9781517901769

Pop-up and movable books : a bibliography. By Ann R. Montanaro. Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN 0810837285 [Update available as a series of PDFs via The Movable Book Society]

Websites

Books with Moveable Didactics, or Movable Books – by Kelly Fu, Encyclopedia of the Anomalous Book

Early history of movable and pop-up books – State Library Victoria

History, Innovation, and the Growth of Collector Interest in Movable Books and Paper Novelties – by Jo Tisinger, vintagepopupbooks.com

Letterlocking – The Hidden History of the Letter

Movable Books and Malleable Minds: Exploring Movable Books as Sites of Learning and Play – by Victoria Santamorena, Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College, Columbia University

Movable Mayhem: Pop-Up Books through the Ages – by Dr. Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Newberry Library

Movables: Paper Engineering Techniques and Their Use and Development in Children’s Books – Books for Keeps 180, January 2010

Pop-Up and Movable Books – University of North Texas Libraries

Pop-up and Movable Books In the Context of History – by Ellen G.K. Rubin (The Pop-Up Lady)

Pop-Up Book – Wikipedia

A short history of paper engineering and pop-up books – From Ron van der Meer’s old but still extant website

The Surprising History of Pop-Up Books – by Candy Bedworth, from DailyArt

Toy and Movable Books: Subject & Descriptive Cataloging – Library of Congress

Volvelles – Architectures of the Book

Volvelles – by Sarah Werner, Folger Shakespeare Library

What are Movable Books? – by Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Learning as Play