Tony Chen
Author of Animals Showing Off (A Pop-Up Book) (National Geographic Action Book)
Works by Tony Chen
Associated Works
Many Hands Cooking: An International Cookbook for Girls and Boys (1974) — Illustrator — 80 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Chen, Tony
- Birthdate
- 1929
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Art Career School (1949-1951)
Pratt Institute (1955) - Occupations
- graphic designer
illustrator - Short biography
- Tony Chen is a Chinese-American children's illustrator. Born in 1929 in Kingston, Jamaica, he immigrated to the USA in 1949 and was educated at the Art Career School (1949-51) and the Pratt Institute (1955). Chen worked as a graphic designer and illustrator, as Art Director for Newsweek (1961-1972), and as Art Instructor at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York (1972-1973). His first children's book, Too Many Crackers, was published in 1962. Chen also paints and sculpts, and has exhibited his work in New York City. He married Pura de Castro in 1957, and has two sons.
- Nationality
- Jamaica (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Birthplace
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Map Location
- USA
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Reviews
Quite sturdy for a pop-up book; we got ours secondhand and all the pop-ups work, except the cricket but somehow it still makes noises, so partially works. Absolutely a perfect concept for this medium, because it talks about simple but fascinating animal behaviours which *you can then see in action*! The male blue-footed booby does a dance to show off his feet while his mate spreads her wings in appreciation. The baby owl fluffs out its wings and opens its round yellow eyes to startling show more effect. The fireflies blink repeatedly and puffins clack their beaks at each other. One of the best pop-up books I've ever seen. show less
This great pop-up book highlights the unusual and interesting behavior by various animals (gorillas, elephants, blue-footed boobies, foxes, porcupines, frogs, moths, pink cockatoo, peacocks, etc.) and brings them vividly to life. Animal lovers will find much to enjoy in the intricate pop-up scenes, and may just learn a thing or two along the way. My favorite pop-up has to be the frilled lizard, (so realistic!) but the blue footed boobies and the Siamese fighting fish are exceptional as well.
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- Rating
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