A Theatre inside the book

This exhibition features paper engineering from the collections of the State Library of South Australia. It explores the beginnings of moveable books in academia, the history of children's pop-up books, and the use of the moveable format across a multitude of subjects and genres including old story-time favourites, Christmas, sport, exploration, science and music.

Amongst these intriguing pieces you will find a moveable handmade Valentine's card made for bereaved parents and a record album cover with the band members as pop-up characters. Other pieces in this display have been drawn from the Children's Literature Research Collection (CLRC) which is one of the State Library's most significant heritage collections.

The CLRC contains a wealth of children's literature, toys, games and ephemera, some from prominent South Australian families.