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Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai?s sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures within pictures, which will tease and delight readers of all ages. ?This book has the fascinating appeal of such works of visual trickery as the Waldo and Magic Eye books.? -- Kirkus Reviews ?Ingenious.? -- The Horn Book Istvan Banyai is a commercial illustrator and animator as well as the author/illustrator of Re-Zoom and REM (both Viking). He lives in New York City
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| 46 of 47 people found the following review helpful  Zee title, she do not lie, By This review is from: Zoom (Picture Puffins) (Paperback) Though he's illustrated books for other authors before this, it was really with "Zoom" that artist Istvan Banyai first tried his hand at the wide world of children's picture books. Do a quick Google search of Banyai and you'll see that the man has dipped his toe in everything from book illustrations to pictures for Playboy. Now as a children's librarian I am always on the lookout for good wordless picture books. The wordlessier they are the better. My favorites up until now have been titles like "The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, and the Bard" by Gregory Rogers and "Anno's Journey" by Mr. Mitsumasa Anno himself. In light of his more recent efforts ("The Other Side" comes to mind) it's funny to see how simple his books were at the start. "Zoom" is not a particularly new idea for a book, but it is a fun concept and is sure to garner itself some solid fans throughout the years.The very first thing you see, on opening the book, is a fleshy and pointed starfish-like creature,... Read more 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful The Bigger Picture, By Miri (USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Zoom (Picture Puffins) (Paperback) The friend who shared this book with me had received it from a family member who bequeathed it to her as she lay dying of cancer. It is a very beautiful and visual way of internalizing the concept that our lives and everything that happens to us and that we see around us is part of a bigger picture. 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful  Getting the BIG picture, By This review is from: Zoom (Picture Puffins) (Paperback) I ran into a description of this remarkable book that is entirely of images in a Sharon Salzburg's "Faith" Learning to Trust YOur Inner Experience". Salzburg, a well regarded Buddhist teacher, used Zoom to make that point that at every point of our existence our vision of what is real is always a tiny piece of what really is.. This deceptively simple book is meant to be looked at slowly and contemplatively. Each frame yields to a progressively bigger and bigger view so that the net effect of moving through its expanding perspective is to loosen our imaginations about what we think is the ultimate environment. Worth spending time with at ANY age. |
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