Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book (Scanimation Books) | 
| Author: Rufus Butler Seder
Brand: Workman Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 340
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 12
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.1 x 1.2
MPN: 24792
ISBN: 0761147632
EAN: 9780761147633
ASIN: 0761147632
Publication Date: November 22, 2007
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Product Description
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 actionior, 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 amazediand so will every parent.
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An excellent and very different children's book ... November 12, 2008
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br /The good points of this book are simple:br /br /br /1.This is a very original approach for a children's book. Instead of cartoon characters, pop-up pages or buttons for sounds, the book operates by just opening the cover, literally.br /br /2.The text is large enough and simple enough to start toddlers reading early.br /br /3.The pictures are cute and captivating. My son loves this book and interacts with it directly.br /br /4.The animal sounds below the picture that you read are cute, but not baby speak.br /br /5.The pages open with ease and are manipulated with no strain unlike many other 'thick-page' books like this.br /br /br /Overall this is a very clever book and the absolute simplicity of it makes it that much better.
Very clever! November 2, 2008
I saw this book at a friend's house, and had to get a copy for myself. I work with children, ages 2-3 years, and this has been a wonderful book for them. They are fascinated by the moving pictures and it is a great introduction to several animals. I'm sure older children (or adults!) will enjoy it as well. It's with me on all of my home visits. br /br /Joann
Gallop is a kick October 27, 2008
The kids get a kick out of this moving picture book. I bought an extra copy for my next toddler birthday party. Good sturdy pages and common words for beginning readers.
Delights children and adults! October 25, 2008
I'm a kindergarten teacher and so I've read thousands of children's books to my students. This book is one of our personal favorites and is loved by both children and adults. I've also given it as a gift that received rave reviews.
It had me mesmerized! September 30, 2008
Gallop!, by Rufus Butler Seder, is a fun little piece that will have young children moving around as they show off their agility and physically respond to questions like "Can you gallop like a horse?" or "Can you flutter like a butterfly?" br /br /There's not much of a plot here, but that's not the point. It's the lyrical rhyming of the text, the colorful lettering of the print, and most of all, the patented Scanimation pictures that will have children (and their parents) wanting to read this book again and again. Yes, Scanimation; it's a technique that optically animates artwork. Thus, as the reader turns a page, the displayed animal moves. I admit it; it had me mesmerized. br /br /Quill says: Out with the old, in with the new. Move over pop-up books. You now have some stiff competition. br /
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