As the Star Wars jedi master Yoda once said, “Pass on what you have learned.”
Now, children’s author, illustrator and origami crafter Tom Angleberger is doing just that through his book series “Origami Yoda.”
“Absolutely everybody can learn (how to fold) Yoda,” he said. “If you think you can’t, you need to come see me because I absolutely promise that I can teach you.”
Chapel Hill locals will have the chance to do so today at Flyleaf Books when Angleberger promotes “Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!,” his sixth in the Origami Yoda series.
The book series is about a group of children who use origami Star Wars characters to help navigate the social and academic minefields of middle school, exploring everything from the “War against the FunTime Menace” to defeating the “Dark Standardized Testing Forces.”
“It’s just a book about kids who love Star Wars and origami and goofing around and all that stuff, and Origami Yoda has been helping them with various problems throughout the book,” Angleberger said.
But Angleberger said that in “Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!,” Princess Leia takes the main stage, becoming the only hope for the kids. Due to the origami twist, Princess Leia becomes Princess Labelmaker, a character who sends secret messages throughout the school with her labelmaker.
Angleberger’s process for his books includes writing the story, creating the origami character for the front cover, illustrating the book and writing instructions for the reader to create his or her own Star Wars origami character.
Although Angleberger is not a local author, Flyleaf Books jumped on the chance to host the Virginia native because of his passion for fun and his regard for the unexpected.
