How Many? - Hardcover

A Special Note from Author Ron Van Der Meer
I have been working on an extremely involved online Maths project, called Maths-Whizz.com, for the past 6 years through Flash animated short movies making maths fun and understandable. The system teaches kids from 4 to 16 maths in schools and online at home very successfully but I missed the pop up world and playing with paper.

At long last I could let my hair down with How Many and create something that was not only beautiful to look at but also fiendishly difficult to work out.

It is heaven to be back in the publishing world.

Each spread poses a series of questions for the viewer to answer. Funny enough I always fancied creating paper sculptures in white and primary colours, but with my Dutch Calvinistic upbringing I still felt the urge that enjoyment comes with a price, hence the questions that I reckon will drive people insane, or at least start a massive debate in the family.

There are questions for young children and mind –boggling ones for adults. Both devious and gorgeous. That’s the kind of trouble that knows how to have fun.

Ron van der Meer is a pioneer of the modern pop-up book and has published more than 150 books, including over 100 pop-ups. His best-known pop-ups include The Art Pack, The Kid's Art Pack, The Math Pack, and Monster Island. He has also sold more than 2 million greeting cards. He lives in Berkshire, England. This is his first pop-up in over six years.