Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book (Scanimation Books)

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.

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.

WOW! This book was amazing!! Both young and old were mezmerized by the moving pictures!

I bought this book for my fifteen month old about a week ago and we both really enjoy it. The moving images are very cool and eye-catching. The book, itself, is also well-written at about a board book reading level. The exclamations that go with the pictures (giddyup-a-loo, cock-a-doodle doo, roly-poly-pup, pitter-patter-hupp, etc.) are fun and engaging. The text's simple rhymes are also enjoyable and ring true (I hate bad children's literature, especially forced rhymes). I think my son is probably the right age for this book (I would say between one and three) and perhaps the reviewer who found this book boring after the first few reads had an older child who was only interested in the novel images. For the right age group this book has a lot to offer-- hours of lap reading enjoyment.

My son was mesmerized by the unique motion of the pictures in this book, especially if you flap the cover a bit. It was a bit pricey for what's essentially a board book, but I can understand it due to the scanimation.

I also bought this for a friend's kids, and they were fascinated, too!