Summer Pops Up! - (Seasons Pop Up) by Aurore Petit (Board Book)

Book Synopsis

Winner, 2025 Best Baby Book Prize from the French Ministry of Culture

From family trips to ocean dips, experience summer's everyday magic in this sturdy, neon pop-up book. With playful illustrations, engaging text, and pop-up surprises that toddlers (and parents) will love!

Designed especially for little hands, this bright, bold pop-up book brims with the joy of summer in every turn of the page. Perfectly portable and shaped for toddlers' hands, this sturdy board book features six playful pop-up scenes that leap from the pages with high-contrast neon images - the yellow of sunshine and the pink of summer sunsets.

Celebrate the magic of summertime, from a busy bee zipping between blossoms to a bumpy ride in the family van, from spreading sunscreen on our faces to enjoying bare feet on a beach, and from diving into sunset seas to counting the stars at night. This book brings all our most-loved summer moments to life in a way that's both familiar and fresh, clever and surprising. Every page bursting with the warm wonders of the season.

With Aurore Petit's vibrant, playful illustrations, simple, engaging text, and pop-up surprises that toddlers (and parents!) will love, this book is a sensory celebration of summer's everyday magic.

This is the first title in Aurore Petit's seasonal pop-up series, publishing alongside Autumn Pops Up! and to be followed soon by winter and spring-themed books.

Review Quotes

'Each page [is] a celebration of color, movement, and nature, making reading a truly sensory experience for children aged 2-4. The playful engineering and warm illustrations ensure these books will be revisited again and again.' - Parent News

'Summer beams with vibrant, contrasting colors and surprises on every page ... A fun little read to spread summer joy.' - Bookworm for Kids

About the Author

Aurore Petit is an award-winning author-illustrator based in Nantes, France. She graduated the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg in 2006, and published her first children's book, Ménageries, in 2008. She has since written and illustrated multiple books for young readers, including the award-winning A Mother Is a House and a series of pop-up books.