Waldo Hunt

Waldo Henley Hunt (November 28, 1920 – November 6, 2009) was a prolific producer of pop-up books, having nearly singlehandedly revived the genre in the post-war era.

Biography His company, Intervisual Books (also known as Intervisual Communications), created pop-up books of all varieties—from The Human Body to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Haunted House by Jan Pieńkowski, a pop-up book created by Hunt, won the 1980 Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration of children's books.

Born in Chicago, Hunt grew up in San Mateo, California.

In a 2002 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Hunt said, "I knew I'd found the magic key. No one was doing pop-ups in this country. No one could afford to make them here. They had to be done by hand, and labor was too expensive." Cerf was the president of Random House at the time, and by 1967, Hunt had 30 pop-up books in production for Random House. By 1996, Intervisual Books had published 1,000 movable books Among his books, Hunt's personal favorites included best-sellers, The Human Body by David Pelham, Haunted House by Jan Pieńkowski with paper engineering by Tor Lokvig, and How Many Bugs in a Box? by David A. Carter. He died from congestive heart failure at age 88.

Awards In 2000, the Movable Book Society honored Hunt with the MBS Lifetime Achievement Award.