Swing! Review

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

ISBN: 0761151273 EAN: 9780761151272
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 12
Reading Level: Ages 4-8

Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

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Published last fall, Gallop! introduced the amazing technology called Scanimation and took the children’s book world by storm. It became an instant bestseller—#1 on The New York Times children's list.

Now Swing! does for kids what Gallop! does for animals—a boy rides a bike, a girl kicks her soccer ball, a swimmer cuts through the water, and a skater pirouettes on ice. The effect is joyous, magical, mesmerizing, and taps into the the endless fascination that children find in watching other children. The second book created by Rufus Butler Seder, the inventor, artist, and filmmaker who developed Scanimation out of his obsession with antique optical toys and other pre-motion-picture illusions, Swing! uses "persistence of vision" and a patented state-of-the-art multiphase animation process to create astonishment. There is nothing else like this unique, patented technology that literally inspires wonder.

The images burst with activity, and adding greatly is a happy, rhyming text that captures in words the pure energy of the figures in motion. You can't put it down.

User Submitted Swing! Reviews

November 29, 2008
Fun book
This book is the 2nd book by Rufus Butler. It takes an old concept and brings it to life in a fun book where children can make pictures move! I say "an old concept" because this idea of moving pictures has been around for a long time; I had books similar in type when I was a child. Very cute book, lots of fun to look at. Great for 2-4 yrs.

November 24, 2008
Great gift! COOL CONCEPT!
I just saw this book at a baby shower, picked it up and played with it for about 10-15 minutes. What a great idea for a book! Adults all passed it around and everyone who held it had a positive comment about it. COOL AWESOME WEIRD NEAT were some of the words to describe their reactions to this book. I am going to get this one along with GALLOP as a gift for babies and toddlers birthdays that will come up soon.

November 23, 2008
Great book!
Lovely book for the 3-8 year old child in your life.
Fascinating for their parent as well!

November 23, 2008
Eye-popping!
I bought this book for my 16-month-old, but even my 13- and 10-year-olds love it. They study it, trying to figure out how it works, examining the movement on every page. This cool little gem of a board book will fascinate anybody who picks it up.

October 25, 2008
Awesome moving pictures!
I'm a kindergarten teacher and so I've read thousands of children's books to my students. This book and the similar book "Gallop" by the same author, are some of our favorites and are loved by both children and adults. I've also given both books as gifts that received rave reviews!

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