The Special Collections Department at TSCPL has over 100 pop-up books covering a range of subjects from nature to phobias to architectural wonders.

The collection contains several books by pop-up king Robert Sabuda, reproductions of work by 19th-century movable book master Ernest Nister, and pop-up adaptations of literary classics like The Wizard of Oz and The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

A Brief History of Early Movable Books
From the University of North Texas Libraries.

A Short History of Pop-Ups
From paper engineer Mark Hiner.

History of Pop-up and Movable Books
Discusses the development of movable books from the 13th century to today.

Make a simple pop-up
Instructions for making a talking mouth pop-up from Popular Kinetics Press.