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Binding: HardcoverBrand: Workman Publishing EAN: 9780761147633 ISBN: 0761147632 Item Dimensions: Label: Workman Publishing Company Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company MPN: 24792 Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 12 Publication Date: November 22, 2007 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Workman Publishing Company Editorial Review: 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 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Excellent attention holderThis 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. Rating: - GallopWe 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. Rating: - 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. Rating: - 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. Rating: - GallopWOW! This book was amazing!! Both young and old were mezmerized by the moving pictures! |
