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. Mysterious landscape of pictures within pictures, nothing is ever as it seems. You won't believe your eyes.
A wordless book which imitates the zoom lens of a camera in reverse. Pulling back from the initial image, a larger and larger context is revealed, until at last the earth is seen from space as a tiny dot.
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. Mysterious landscape of pictures within pictures, nothing is ever as it seems. You won't believe your eyes.
A wordless book which imitates the zoom lens of a camera in reverse. Pulling back from the initial image, a larger and larger context is revealed, until at last the earth is seen from space as a tiny dot.
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. Mysterious landscape of pictures within pictures, nothing is ever as it seems. You won't believe your eyes.As seen on the SERIAL podcast, season 2, episode 1 ("Dustwun")!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
“"Readers are in for a perpetually surprising-and even philosophical-adventure,"-- Publisher's Weekly , starred review "This book has the fascinating appeal of such works of visual trickery as the Waldo and Magic Eye books." --Kirkus Reviews”
"Readers are in for a perpetually surprising-and even philosophical-adventure,"--Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"This book has the fascinating appeal of such works of visual trickery as the Waldo and Magic Eye books."—Kirkus Reviews
Istvan Banyai is a commercial illustrator and animator as well as the author/illustrator of Zoom (Viking and Puffin) and REM (Viking). He lives in New York City.
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.