Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book (Scanimation Books) by Rufus Butler Seder
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Book Reviews of Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book (Scanimation Books)
Book Review: No Batteries Required!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I picked up "Gallop!" today I found it very hard to put down. Other reviews have used the word "amazing" and I have to agree heartily. At a time when kids need batteries to make every toy run, it's great to see animation that is kid powered. I hope to see the Scanimation technology in more books. My only concern is for the durability of the book. Only time will tell.Book Review: You'll need two...
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is amazing: it uses the principles behind the old kinetoscopes along with a striped acetate overlay to produce lifelike movement as you open each page. Buy two--someone in your house is going to want to tear it apart to see how it works!Book Review: Wow!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is amazing! It's an ordinary book but, there is a 'movie' on each page. The book shows a moving horse, dog, cat, rooster, butterfly, bird, turtle, etc. It's almost like the books from the Harry Potter movies that had moving pictures, but this is in black and white. It's absolutely fascinating to look at and it has big colorful words --perfect for my 3 yr old.Book Review: Amazing Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is delightful and intriguing! Based upon a very small statistical sampling(!), it seems that adults like it more than small children, perhaps because adults expect to be able to 'figure out' how the pictures can move via the technology being used -- while small children live in a world that they do not expect to understand fully.
It seems as if the technology should generate no more than two images for each page -- too few to create the 'experience' of a mini-movie, but somehow it works. The movement looks like old-fashioned nickelodeon-type movies, or when the author has put an evolving picture on the outside edge of the pages of his book, and you thumb through the page to see the 'monkey climb the tree' (or whatever is displayed).
Book Review: Gallop!
Summary: 5 Stars
Beautiful...A work of art, not just for kids. I'm actually going to order more copies.