Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book (Scanimation Books) Review

Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
Author(s): Rufus Butler Seder

ISBN: 0761147632 EAN: 9780761147633
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 12
Reading Level: Ages 4-8

Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

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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 actionï¿½or, 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 amazedï¿½and so will every parent.

User Submitted Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book (Scanimation Books) Reviews

August 17, 2008
Kept one for me too!
I love gadgets of all kinds, and when I ran into this delightful book, I got several. My nephews adore it, as has every little one I've given it to among my friends' kids. The motion is an optical illusion created by passing a series of bars across a multi-positional figure. Each phase in the animal's gait is disclosed as the page is turned, creating a sense of movement. Included are a horse running, a rooster walking, a butterfly and eagle flying, turtles swimming, a monkey swinging from vines, and the familiar family dog and cat. They're all delightful. I even kept a book for myself as a coffee table edition.

August 8, 2008
Loved It
This is a wonderful book. A keeper. The colors are bright and the animation is awesome.

August 4, 2008
3 months and up
okay--so maybe this book doesn't have a plot or characters--but my 3 month old loves it! in fact, he actively looks at the movement on the page. this may not be the best most cost-effective read for a 3+ year old--but if you're looking to start a collection for a newborn--buy it. it's definitely visually captivating. this book will take you through the first year, when the other books bore your child to tears. for the youngest babes, gimmicks WORK. hold onto skippy jonjones and caps for sale for the older ones.

August 3, 2008
FUN Book!
All three of my daughters from ages 3 to 7 love this book! (And I do too!) As you turn the pages, the animals pictured move - very realistically. The pictures actually become like little black and white movies. It's low-tech, so no electronics to worry about or anything to break unless you tear up the pages. It's really entertaining, and fun to figure out how it's done. I highly recommend this book for anyone that likes books.

August 2, 2008
My daughter LOVES it!
My 22 month daughter loves this book. It's great if you're looking for a quick read, too.

August 1, 2008
Amazing book
We actually found this book at the library and HAD to buy it for someone so my niece got it for her birthday. It is amazing how all the pictures move. Great book for a little one. It doesn't have push/pulls to break.

July 20, 2008
Excellent attention holder
This was incredible. My son is 5 and reads much more advanced books, but loved the moving pictures in this one. It ranked right up there with magic! We had tried purchasing him a zoeatrope but it was too much work for him to deal with the slips to put in, this was much nicer for him.

July 17, 2008
Gallop
We found this to be a interesting and fascinating book for children.
The animation is really cool.

Unfortunately, our book was damaged a little in shipping. The square on the front of the book was pulled and tore a little. I chose not to return it because of the cost of postage to do that. If it loosens up more we will have to tape it.

July 16, 2008
A cool book!
This is a cool book! All three of my kids (8, 4 & 2) think it's fun to read. I first saw this book in a Kindermusik class. The teacher read it to the kids and the entire class of 2 and 3 year olds were mesmerized. She had them act out each page and they loved it! We do the same thing at home. This book is requested often to be read and we've had it for several months.

July 11, 2008
Captivating!
This unique book will having you reading it over and over. As an adult I find it hard to put the book down.
It stays on my coffee table.

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