David A. Carter (1) (1957–)
Author of How Many Bugs in a Box?: A Pop-Up Counting Book
About the Author
David A. Carter was born March 4, 1957 in Salt Lake City. Utah. He attended Utah State University where he studied art and illustration. David worked several years as graphic designer and a paste up artist. While working at one job he learned the fine art of Paper-Engineering and Pop-Up bookmaking. show more He created his first book How Many Bugs in a Box? and has created more than 50 pop-up books since. David lives in California with his wife and daughters where he grows vegetables and native plants and does volunteer work. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo by Keith Sutter
Series
Works by David A. Carter
One Red Dot: A Pop-Up Book for Children of All Ages (Classic Collectible Pop-Up) (2004) 252 copies, 9 reviews
The 12 Bugs of Christmas: A Pop-up Christmas Counting Book by David A. Carter (David Carter's Bugs) (1999) 140 copies
Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? (with Fun-Flaps & Pop-Up Surprises) (2002) 51 copies, 1 review
Tibetan Buddhist Altars: A Pop-Up Gallery of Traditional Art and Wisdom (2004) — Paper pop-up technique — 44 copies
The Bugs Collection: Busy Bug Builds a Fort; Bugs at the Beach; A Snowy Day in Bugland!; Merry Christmas, Bugs!;… (2016) 5 copies
Associated Works
Over in the Meadow: An Old Counting Rhyme (1985) — Illustrator, some editions — 2,464 copies, 20 reviews
Merry Christmas, Little Mouse (A Scratch-the-Scent and Lift-the-Flap Book) (1986) — Illustrator — 24 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1957-03-04
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Bountiful, Utah, USA
Auburn, California, USA - Education
- Utah State University
Members
Reviews
Pop Up - Art et Techniques by David Carter; James Diaz
Most of the lift-the-flap books we bought for our toddler show some major wear and tear twenty years later, but this one is practically pristine, evidence of how few times we returned to it.
It's pretty dull for adults, with no story and a tenuous color theme. The images on the flaps all match the page color, though they are not things that are always that color -- like blue boots or a pink teapot -- but the images under the flaps do not match the color. There is no association between the image on the flap and the one below, especially since there are little wheels to rotate the hidden images. Ostensibly the rotation keeps the book interesting as a hidden bug won't necessarily be in the same place each time as you search for that peekaboo moment with it.
I just don't know why I'd want to find the dumb bug. I mean is this just baby's first introduction to Russian Roulette? "Oops! You found a bug. You lose. Now we have to put the book away. Sorryyyyy."
How did the author manage to turn this into a series with over two dozen books?… (more)
It's pretty dull for adults, with no story and a tenuous color theme. The images on the flaps all match the page color, though they are not things that are always that color -- like blue boots or a pink teapot -- but the images under the flaps do not match the color. There is no association between the image on the flap and the one below, especially since there are little wheels to rotate the hidden images. Ostensibly the rotation keeps the book interesting as a hidden bug won't necessarily be in the same place each time as you search for that peekaboo moment with it.
I just don't know why I'd want to find the dumb bug. I mean is this just baby's first introduction to Russian Roulette? "Oops! You found a bug. You lose. Now we have to put the book away. Sorryyyyy."
How did the author manage to turn this into a series with over two dozen books?… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 93
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 4,761
- Popularity
- #5,270
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 86
- ISBNs
- 295
- Languages
- 8
