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Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book
by Rufus Seder
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780761147633 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
A book that will charm and amuse any little one on your list. The horse really gallops; the chimp really swings from a tree — all through the magic of "scanimation."
Recommended by Lorraine, Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
There's never before been a book like Gallop. Employing a patented new technology called Scanimation, each page is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with art that literally moves. It's impossible not to flip the page, and flip it again, and again, and again. A first book of motion for kids, it shows a horse in full gallop and a turtle swimming up the page. A dog runs, a cat springs, an eagle soars, and a butterfly flutters. Created by Rufus Butler Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the "persistence of vision" principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. It harkens back to the old magical days of the kinetoscope, and the effect is astonishing, like a Muybridge photo series springing into action — or, in terms kids can relate to, like a video without a screen. Complementing the art is a delightful rhyming text full of simple questions and fun, nonsense replies: Can you gallop like a horse? giddyup-a-loo Can you strut like a rooster? cock-a-doodle-doo
Every child who opens the book will be amazed — and so will every parent.
Review:
"Seder makes his children's book debut with his groundbreaking Scanimation technology in this primer on motion that actually depicts a variety of animals running, swinging from trees or in flight. Readers will gasp with delight when they open this book, produced as paper-over-board: a hidden tab in each heavy page slides an acetate layer printed with vertical black lines over an encoded, detailed image of a horse, rooster, turtle or other creature, and the layers' interaction creates the illusion of motion. The black-and-white images openly reference the motion photography of Eadweard Muybridge (an influence that Seder acknowledges on the copyright page) and they contrast with the bright palette used for the spare, reader-directed text. ('Can you soar like an eagle?/ Whoosh-whoosh-glide!/ Can you swing like a chimp?/ Swoop-swoop-slide!') This book may encourage plenty of galloping — and jumping, running and bounding — on the part of young readers; adults will find it a marvel to look at in its own right. Ages 3-up." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Synopsis:
Employing a patented new technology called Scanimation, each page in this book is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with art that literally moves. Complementing the art is a delightful rhyming text full of simple questions and fun, nonsense replies.
About the Author
Rufus Butler Seder is the inventor of Lifetiles, glass-tiled murals that appear to come to life when the viewer walks by; he's installed them at the Smithsonian, Sea World, Union Station, and other museums, aquariums, train stations, and ocean liners around the world. He is also the founder of Eye Think, Inc., a company that develops and produces a line of toys and gifts using the technologies he's invented. Mr. Seder lives in Boston.
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Average customer rating based on 8 comments:
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K Bloom, December 24, 2007 (view all comments by K Bloom)
Wow! I found this while browsing at my local bookstore--this book is AMAZING! I picked one up for my mother-in-law, who is a teacher and I am scanning my Christmas list to see who else I can buy one for. This book will really impress kids as well as adults!
Each page features an image that truly looks as though it is being electronically produced, but of course in reality the motion is a result of "Scanimation." No batteries, no wires, nothing to plug in. This is such a great book in this age of digital everything--good old fashioned fun! I'd also recommend reading Tino Georgiou's bestselling novel--The Fates--if you haven't yet!
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lgrosfield, December 19, 2007 (view all comments by lgrosfield)
Our local book and toy company brought this book to my attention. They flew off the shelves and unfortunately I was not the lucky grandmother to purchase Gallop. Being a grandmother with a mission I spent several days going to all retailers in town and finally I found it. After brining Gallop to work and sharing it with co-workers many of them are off to purchse Gallop as a last minute Christmas gift for their child or grand child. This book brings words to life and will most certainly spark an interest in reading. We are looking forward to more Scanimation Picture Books.
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shein, December 17, 2007 (view all comments by shein)
I live very far from US. After read the preview and comments, i found it must be a very great one! I love animation and pictures very much. I hope be able to get one via online purchase and let myself have a chance to read the book far from US.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780761147633
- Subtitle:
- A Scanimation Picture Book
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Workman Publishing
- Subject:
- Animals - General
- Subject:
- Art - General
- Subject:
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / General
- Subject:
- Animals
- Subject:
- Toy and movable books
- Copyright:
- 2007
- Publication Date:
- November 2007
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 12
- Dimensions:
- 7.0 x 5.0 in
- Children's Book Type:
- Picture / Wordless
- Age Level:
- 04-08
