Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book (Scanimation Books)

The good points of this book are simple:


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.

2.The text is large enough and simple enough to start toddlers reading early.

3.The pictures are cute and captivating. My son loves this book and interacts with it directly.

4.The animal sounds below the picture that you read are cute, but not baby speak.

5.The pages open with ease and are manipulated with no strain unlike many other 'thick-page' books like this.


Overall this is a very clever book and the absolute simplicity of it makes it that much better.

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.

Joann

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.

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.

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?"

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.

Quill says: Out with the old, in with the new. Move over pop-up books. You now have some stiff competition.