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Press here
Record details
- ISBN: 0811879542
- ISBN: 9780811879545
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Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
print - Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2010.
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from cover. Originally published in France in 2010 by Bayard Editions under the title: Un Livre. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Toy and movable books -- Specimens Imagination -- Juvenile fiction |
| Topic Heading: | 100 books to read in kindergarten |
Available copies
- 17 of 19 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | JP Tull (Text) | 33294001870963 | Juvenile Picture Books | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2011 April #1
Without so much as a single tab to pull or flap to turn, this might be the most interactive picture book of the year. A simple yellow dot greets readers on the first page: "Press here and turn the page." A second dot appears; then, after touching that, a third. The simple commands continue, as the reader rubs, taps, shakes, blows, and tilts the book, causing the various dots to react as if the actually book contained a multidimensional space. For example, blowing on the page at one point gets rid of a black backgroundâbut now all the dots are shoved up against the top, leaving a huge expanse of white. No problem: "Stand the book up straight to make those dots drop down again." It's impossibleâimpossible!ânot to do what the unseen narrator asks, and those who pick this up is going to find themselves looking a mite silly, which is all part of the fun. The bright primary colors and heavy stock make this spartan affair look like a toy, which is entirely appropriate. Copyright 2011 Booklist Reviews. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2011 Fall
Tullet's ingenious interactive book begins with a yellow circle. On the next spread, the same dot appears: "Press here and turn the page"; a second yellow dot arrives on the following page. Pressing, tilting, blowing, and clapping further transform the dots. The simplicity of Tullet's presentation illuminates picture books' tactile and kinetic aspect, making the old form seem the height of postmodernism. Copyright 2011 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2013 Spring
In this Spanish edition of [cf2]Press Here[cf1], the text directs readers to press a dot or tip the book in one direction or another. With each page turn there is a transformation--for example, the dots appear in different positions or change color or size--and new directions are given. This book takes the trend of interactive electronic books and directs it back to the book itself. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2019 Fall
Despite the loss of sixteen pages, Tullet's ingenious interactive book still makes an effective board book. The fun begins with a yellow circle: "Press here and turn the page"; a second yellow dot arrives on the following spread. Pressing, tilting, blowing, and clapping further transform the dots. The simplicity of Tullet's presentation illuminates the book's tactile and kinetic aspect. Copyright 2020 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Horn Book Magazine Reviews : Horn Book Magazine Reviews 2011 #4
The ongoing debate regarding the future of picture books in a digital age has left many struggling for evidence to back up their assertions that traditional books will survive. Here is an interactive book that gives the iPad a licking, and does it without fancy graphics, tabs, or flaps. Tullet's modestly proportioned square book goes out of its way to appear low tech, with a handwritten all-caps typeface and art so simple it can barely be called art. The heavy, coated white paper with rounded edges is as smooth to the touch as any glass-covered digital device. Speaking directly to the reader, the first spread ("Ready?") shows a filled-in circle about one inch in diameter apparently drawn quickly with a yellow marker. On the next spread, the same yellow dot appears unchanged while the text reads, "Press here and turn the page." On the third spread, the ingenuity of this book becomes clear when a second yellow dot appears to the left of the first. Assuming that the participant has suspended disbelief and actually pressed on the page of the book, Tullet has set his hook and now only needs to reel the reader in. Pressing, tilting, blowing, and clapping transform the colored dots (red and blue soon join yellow) in a manner that shows how thoroughly the author understands children, setting up predictable patterns to promote accurate guessing, and then introducing some surprises. The simplicity of Tullet's presentation illuminates the tactile and kinetic aspect of every picture book (i.e., turning the page) and suddenly makes the old form seem the height of postmodernism. lolly robinson Copyright 2011 Horn Book Magazine Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2011 March #1
One lone, yellow dot sits in the center of a blank, white page. Underneath is the inviting command (affirming the reader's already intrinsic urge): "Press here." Turn the page; now there are two yellow dots! Press again. Now, three! What happens if you tap them? Or tilt the book on its side? Gleefully, the dots scatter like marbles. Readers will clamor to press, poke, shake and blow the pages to find out what happens next. Compared to the squawking sounds and flashing lights of many toys, Tullet's simplicity is a breath of fresh air. He cues page turns with complete mastery of his audience. When all the dots very nearly float off the top of the page (readers may have blown too hard in the previous spread), he suggests what they will already have intuited: "Stand the book up straight / to make those dots drop down again." Clapping once makes the dots grow bigger; "Whoa! Clap twice?" A frenzy of clapping brings readers round to the beginning again. Better read one-on-one to avoid the crush of excited participants; however, all audiences will smile at this visual jolt of imaginative play. Children and parents keen to explore technological interactivity will delight in recalling the infinite possibilities of the picture book. (Picture book. 3-8) Copyright Kirkus 2011 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2011 January #5
Tullet's brilliant creation proves that books need not lose out to electronic wizardry; his colorful dots perform every bit as engagingly as any on the screen of an iPad. "Ready?" the voiceover-style narration asks on the first page; it shows a yellow dot on a plain white background. "Press here and turn the page," it instructs. When the page is turned, there's a second yellow dot beside the first one. "Great!" it says. "Now press the yellow dot again." A third yellow dot appears beside the first two. "Perfect," the narrator continues. "Rub the dot on the left... gently." On the next page, voila!âthat dot is now red. "Well done!" the book congratulates. The fun continues as the dots proliferate, travel around the page, grow and shrink in response to commands to clap, shake, or tilt the book, etc. The joy is in the tacit agreement between artist and reader that what's happening is magic. Shh! Don't tell. All ages. (Apr.)
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PreS-Gr 1âTullet's spectacularly simple and successful concept book harkens back to a time when the term "interactive" meant something entirely different than it does today. Three dots on a page, one yellow, one blue, and one red, "need" readers help to make them multiply and move, either by pressing or tapping on them, blowing on them, shaking the book, or clapping. The dots, some of which mischievously show evidence of the illustrator's fingerprints, share an abundance of white space with chatty, seemingly handwritten instructions. The presentation is casual and personal, lending to a sense of camaraderie in causing those little dots to dance, a magical use of physicality that makes children feel like they control the book. And it's just plain fun. Tilt it sideways, turn the page, and the dots have all settled on the edge of the paper. Clap once, twice, and three times, and the dots have grown very big. This brief but brilliant book makes for a cozy activity for parent and child, or a fun participatory exercise during group storytime. Tullet reminds readers that a child's imagination truly needs only the most basic of instruments to soar high and far.âAlyson Low, Fayetteville Public Library, AR
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