meerkats pop-up card, six pages

This card is intended for my brother, his wife, and their brand new baby boy. This is their first child. 

The card depicts meerkats in various aspects. It tells a brief story of conflict and triumph. There are six pop-up pages consisting of various numbers of pop-up mechanisms each.  

First, credit where it is due.

Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhard, God & Heroes

Robert Sabuda's adaptation of Lewis Carroll's, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

David A. Carters adaptation of Dr. Seuss's, Horton Hears a Who

David A Carter and James Diaz, The Elements of Pop-up

Animal Planet, Meerkat Manor

And not least of all, the product of my own sweet imagination, an early animated GIF listed on the left of the home page, titled transgenic meerkats. 

The prototypes, method of construction, trials and errors, joys and sorrows, along with the early versions of these pages can are collected here.