{{Short description|American illustrator and writer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Matthew Reinhart | image = Matthew Reinhart 2016.jpg | caption = Reinhart at the 2016 Texas Book Festival | birth_name = {{nowrap|Matthew Christian Reinhart}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|9|21}} | birth_place = Cedar Rapids, Iowa | occupation = Pop-up book and picture book writer/illustrator | years_active = | height = | spouse = | children = | website = {{URL|www.matthewreinhart.com}} }}
'''Matthew Christian Reinhart''' (born September 21, 1971)<ref>Retrieved December 2, 2008 from {{cite web |url=http://www.matthewreinhart.com/about.html |title=Matthew's Life Story |accessdate=2008-12-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013170436/http://www.matthewreinhart.com/about.html |archivedate=October 13, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> is an American writer and illustrator of children's pop-up books and picture books. His most recent books include ''Frozen: a Pop-up Adventure'' and ''Lego Pop-up: A Journey through the Lego Universe''.
==Early life== Reinhart was born to Gary and Judith Reinhart in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His father joined the United States Navy and the family moved around the country, including Florida, Texas, Illinois, California, Virginia, and South Carolina.
After high school, Reinhart studied biology in preparation for medical school with the assumption that a career in art was too far-fetched. He attended Clemson University in South Carolina taking the required science classes and various art courses to build up his portfolio.
==Career== After graduating college, Reinhart moved to New York City for a year before starting medical school. There, he met children’s book author Robert Sabuda doing volunteer work together for a local community center. Sabuda’s book, ''Christmas Alphabet'' had just released to rave reviews, and Sabuda convinced Reinhart to follow his true calling. The following year, Reinhart majored in industrial design (with a concentration in toy design) at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Although his time at Pratt was a positive experience, his initial dreams of being a toy designer soon transformed into paper engineer.
Reinhart is the co-creator with Sabuda of the ''New York Times'' best-selling three-volume pop-up series ''Encyclopedia Prehistorica''. The team’s latest pop-up series is ''Encyclopedia Mythologica'' which leads off with ''Fairies and Magical Creatures'' (Candlewick, 2008).<ref name=NatBookFestival>{{cite web|title=The Library of Congress Webcasts | work=Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda: 2008 National Book Festival| url=https://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4393|accessdate=December 2, 2008}}</ref> After working with Saduba on books such as ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', ''A B C Disney'' and ''Movable Mother Goose'', Reinhart made his first entry into the pop-up book field with ''The Pop Up Book Of Phobias''.<ref name=OfficialBio>[http://www.matthewreinhart.com/?page_id=43 "About"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208203555/http://www.matthewreinhart.com/?page_id=43 |date=December 8, 2013 }}. matthewreinhart.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.</ref> Reinhart has created many award-winning pop-up books, including ''Cinderella'', ''Star Wars: The Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy'' and ''Mommy?'' (by Maurice Sendak and Arthur Yorinks).
Other collaborations include ''Brava Strega Nona!'' with Tomie dePaola. Reinhart's most recent solo pop-up books include ''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-up Universe'', ''Disney Princess: A Magical Pop-Up World, Lego Pop-up: A Journey Through the Lego Universe'', and ''Frozen: A Pop-up Adventure.''
== Works == * ''The Pop-up Book of Phobias'' (1999) * ''Young Naturalist's Pop-Up Handbook: Beetles'' (2001) * ''Young Naturalist's Pop-Up Handbook: Butterflies'' (2001) * ''The Pop-up Book of Nightmares'' (2001) * ''Animal Popposites: A Pop-up Book of Opposites'' (2002) * ''Young Naturalist's Handbook: Insect-lo-pedia'' (2003) * ''The Ark'' (2005) * ''Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs'' (2005) * ''Cinderella: A Pop-up Fairy Tale'' (2005) * ''Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters'' (2006) * ''Castle: Medieval Days and Knights'' (2006) * ''The Jungle Book: A Pop-up Adventure'' (2006) * ''Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Mega-Beasts'' (2007) * ''Star Wars: A Pop-up Guide to the Galaxy'' (2007) * ''Encyclopedia Mythologica:'' Fairies and Magical Creatures (2008) * ''Brava Strega Nona! A Heartwarming Pop-up Book'' (2008) * ''A Pop-up Book of Nursery Rhymes'' (2009) * ''Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods and Heroes'' (2010) * ''DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-up Book'' (2010) * ''Encyclopedia Mythologica: Monsters and Dragons'' (2011) * ''Puppies, Kittens, and other Pop-up Pets'' (2011) * ''Star Wars: A Galactic Pop-up Adventure'' (2012) * ''Rescue: Pop-up Emergency Vehicles'' (2012) * ''Rumble! Roar! Dinosaurs! A Prehistoric Pop-up'' (2012) * ''A Princess Like Me: A Royal Pop-up'' (2012) * ''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-up Universe'' (2013) * ''Game of Thrones: A Pop-up Guide to Westeros'' (2014) * ''Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron: A Pop-Up Book'' (2015) * ''My Little Pony: The Castles of Equestria: An Enchanted My Little Pony Pop-Up Book'' (2015) * ''Disney Princess: A Magical Pop-Up World'' (2015) * ''Ever After High: An Enchanted Pop-Up Scrapbook'' (2016) * ''Lego Pop-up: A Journey Through the Lego Universe'' (2016) * ''Frozen: A Pop-up Adventure'' (2016)
==Personal life== Reinhart lives and works in New York City.<ref name=OfficialBio /><ref name=NatBookFestival /> He married in 2014. He has a sister named Erin.
==References== {{more footnotes needed|date=October 2012}}
===Sources=== * {{Citation | title=Matthew C Reinhart | url=http://www.matthewreinhart.com/?page_id=12 }} * {{Citation | last=Pogue | first=David | title=A Galaxy in Your Face | newspaper=The New York Times | issue=November 11 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/books/review/Pogue-t.html?scp=1&sq=star%20wars,%20a%20pop-up%20guide%20to%20the%20galaxy&st=cse | accessdate=December 2, 2008 | date=November 11, 2007 }} * {{Citation | title= CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PICTURE BOOKS | issue=December 23 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E1D61F3AF930A15751C1A9619C8B63 | accessdate=December 2, 2008 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=December 23, 2007 }} * {{Citation | title= CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PICTURE BOOKS | issue=August 10 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/books/bestseller/0810bestchildren.html | accessdate=December 2, 2008 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=August 10, 2008 }} * {{Citation | year=2008 | title= CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PICTURE BOOKS | issue=November 28 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html | accessdate=December 2, 2008 | newspaper=The New York Times }}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{official website|http://www.matthewreinhart.com/}}
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