Ten Horse Farm

Renowned pop-up engineer Sabuda bases his latest creation on the Ten Horse Art Center in the Hudson Valley, a former farm named for the 10 horses that once resided there; Sabuda converted it into a facility that offers art classes and studio spaces. Sabuda's own striking artistry is on display in 10 pop-up scenes of as many horses and additional farm animals. Accompanying each spread is a single-word description of the horse in action: a dappled gray horse and a goat move their heads while "playing" tug-of-war with an artful piece of pop-up laundry; a white horse appears peacefully "drinking" from a stream beneath a multitiered pop-up grove of trees; and, in a particularly dramatic rendering, a black horse with a flowing mane is pictured "jumping," its pop-up parts folding up and out beyond the borders of the page, while a rooster steers clear of the horse's trajectory. The final spread shows all 10 horses together--one very well hidden--around the periphery of the farm's welcoming red and purple barn, modeled after the building that now serves as a gallery. This is a beautifully engineered pop-up gem. Ages 5-8. (Apr.)