Matthew Christian Reinhart attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn as an industrial design major (concentrating in toy design). Pratt was fantastic experience for him, but his initial dreams of being a toy designer soon transformed into paper engineer. After working with Robert on books like
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,
A B C Disney, and
Movable Mother Goose. Matthew made his first big break into the pop-up world with
The Pop Up Book Of Phobias. Many books collaborations have followed, including a trilogy of
New York Times best-selling
Encyclopedia Prehistorica and the following series
Encyclopedia Mythologica with Robert Sabuda, along with
Mommy?, co-authored with the renowned Maurice Sendak and Brava Strega Nona with the ageless Tomie DePaola. His solo pop-up books include
The Ark, Animal Popposites,
The Jungle Book,
Cinderella,
The Pop-Up Book of Nursery Rhymes, and
STAR WARS: Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy. He continues to work and live in New York City, cutting, taping and folding paper into pop-up masterpieces.
