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Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. 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. Search books and authors. Buy from…. View all retailers. Related titles. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Kissed by the Moon. Where The Wild Things Are. Slinky Malinki. Sophia the Show Pony. Kate Waterhouse , Sally Spratt. No One Likes a Fart. Book With No Pictures.
Novak , B. Alfie the Brave. Richard Harris , Simon Howe. Shelves: picture-books , wordless. Hungarian-born artist Istvan Banyai's debut picture-book, Zoom , which first saw print in , and was followed by Re-Zoom in , is a boldly illustrated wordless journey, one that takes the reader viewer? It should, as my friend Lisa notes in her own review, really be called "Zoom Out.
I appreciated the concept of Zoom , and found the artwork attention-grabbing, with its shifting but always vibrant color palette, and cartoon-like style. Unlike some other notable wordless picture-books David Wiesner's Flotsam springs to mind in this respect , there is no real story here.
That said, there is a visual sequence, and I was distracted, approximately three quarters of the way through in the scene on the Solomon Islands , to note that Banyai abandons this sequence, in which each image contains the last one, in order to "pull out" in a more general way. It seemed like such a careless thing to do, in an otherwise carefully crafted book, that it particularly stood out to me.
Still, leaving that aside, this is an engaging, well-designed book, one that I would recommend to readers looking for wordless picture-books. Sep 17, Terry rated it it was amazing Shelves: too-good-for-kids.
I was introduced to this fine book by the principal of my loving son's elementary school when I was a volunteer there. She--the principal--pushed it into my hands one day when I stormed into her office As she--the principal--explained to me, by the time you finish 'reading' this book, whatever was upsetting you seems to have vanished I was introduced to this fine book by the principal of my loving son's elementary school when I was a volunteer there.
As she--the principal--explained to me, by the time you finish 'reading' this book, whatever was upsetting you seems to have vanished into space! I have a stash I keep to mail to frazzled friends and clients View all 5 comments. Aug 01, Scarlett rated it it was amazing. Apr 08, Anastasia Hutson rated it it was amazing.
Zoom Review by Anastasia Hutson Zoom by Istvan Banyai is a wordless picture book that continually entices its readers to wonder what is on the next page. The beginning of the book is a close up image of a chicken comb and page by page the images zoom out, showing more of its surroundings. Just when the reader thinks that the image is complete they turn the page to see even more of the story around the initial image.
I enjoyed the book because it kept be guessing and wondering what possibly could b Zoom Review by Anastasia Hutson Zoom by Istvan Banyai is a wordless picture book that continually entices its readers to wonder what is on the next page. I enjoyed the book because it kept be guessing and wondering what possibly could be on the next page. It was full of surprises and kept me engaged to the storyline.
Since this is a wordless picture book, the author made an interesting use of its literary devices. For example, the setting was appealing because it was ever changing, every time the image zoomed out from page to page a new location was revealed to the reader.
I believe the setting also played with perspective and how looking at something in a different way or seeing the whole picture can change how we see a glimpse of something. With that, this puts the point of view in the hands of the reader, the book is in the view of the audience.
We look at the book how we would look at the world and I believe that that is the whole point. I believe the author put the book in this point of view to challenge the reader in their perspective and all the different ways we can look at the world. This is beneficial to the book because it keeps the reader engaged throughout the whole book, wondering what they are going to see next.
This picture book has an interesting use of its visual elements and uses them in a creative way. A common pattern throughout the whole book is every left page is solid black. It seems simple and as though it would serve no purpose but I believe that it contributes to the purpose of the book by adding anticipation. By having the blank black page on every spread it gives the reader room to think about what is coming next in the story. This technique would be the orientation of the picture book because of the precise placement and purpose of the color and page.
Color is also another prominent visual device used, the author utilized a lot of saturated colors that made the images very vivid and noticeable. The bright colors gave the story life and by using a full palette of colors I believe that plays into and assists the idea of having different perspectives of the world and people. The genre of wordless picture books is very interesting because it almost defies what we believe books to be and that is for reading. Wordless picture books challenge the reader to use their imagination and think past words to come up with their own story and interpretation which I think is so creative and innovative in the literature world!
For example, with zoom, the only words that were in the book were on items that were in the images but everything else was just pictures and from page to page I was forced to use my imagination on what was going to happen next because every frame was zooming out from the previous image, creating a bigger picture from the audience to add to the story they had previously made up for themselves. View 1 comment. Oct 24, Rebekah rated it it was amazing Shelves: discovery , wordless-picture-books.
What first appears to be a simple concept of zooming out continuously, turns out to be such a clever idea and a way of telling many stories at once. The fact it starts with a tiny rooster and then ends with the tiny Earth in the vast expanse of space, means it almost comes full circle.
Yes the Earth is big and holds all these stories from around the world, but when compared to the rest of the universe, it is also tiny. A fun read that actually holds insights into many lives that can be explored What first appears to be a simple concept of zooming out continuously, turns out to be such a clever idea and a way of telling many stories at once. A fun read that actually holds insights into many lives that can be explored further if you give yourself the time.
Feb 11, Kaetlin V rated it really liked it. Zoom by Istvan Banyai is a wordless picturebook that is a series of pictures that start very close-up and then zoom out. The first picture starts with an up close red object, which we find out is a rooster on the next picture. It then zooms out to two children looking at the rooster and then the house and town they are in. We then find out that this town is actually a model that a girl is playing with on a magazine cover.
This pattern continues for the rest of book playing on the idea. I was draw Zoom by Istvan Banyai is a wordless picturebook that is a series of pictures that start very close-up and then zoom out. Because Zoom is a wordless picturebook, Banyai uses a lot of vectors in his illustrations.
One of the horizontal vectors occurs on the third illustration of the book. The horizontal line, the window ledge, divides the two children from seeing the rooster outside.
This horizontal vector creates distance from the children to the rooster, providing a barrier for the readers. The books consist of two sides on each page. The recto side consists of each brightly colored picture while the verso side is a completely black page. This contrast provides almost a break for the reader for each picture, seeming to give them time to process what was on that page before.
The setting continues to change throughout the book as well with each page. While readers may think that they have the setting pegged down, with each page, their perspective changes. All of these literary elements add to the general idea of perspective in Zoom.
Banyai almost seems to teach readers that things are not always what they see with each flip of the page. In addition, Zoom teaches readers that everything is a part of something else. Every item on each page played a role in the next page, and this continued all the way to the end of the story. Zoom is a delightful read for people of all ages, putting things into perspective literally and reminding us that things are not always what they seem.
Apr 25, Macy added it Shelves: art-visual. Zoom is a book that moves from a very small detail out into many other scenes that all come from inside the previous scene. It has no words, it tells the story through visuals only. In order to use this text in a middle school classroom, students could be introduced to it with no context at all in order to lead them to understand the concept of the story.
After students have experienced the book, they can be tasked to use it as an illustration and write captions for each page, like a children's Zoom is a book that moves from a very small detail out into many other scenes that all come from inside the previous scene.
After students have experienced the book, they can be tasked to use it as an illustration and write captions for each page, like a children's book with words. To do this effectively, students can be grouped into small groups and given only a few of the photos to work with for the captioning activity. This will give students a digestible part of the book and the use of many heads together to complete the captioning.
After students have captioned their part of the book, the class can assemble the pieces ideally printed out like slides, captions written with expo on them to see how cohesively the different stories told through captions translate from the beginning to the end of the book.
This can help students see how the same story can have a different impact on different readers or viewers , and how the reader and what they are reading have an interdependent relationship even though the reader had no hand in writing the text. To further this activity, students can do a writing assignment that follows the same pattern of Zoom, in some way or another. This could be the setting, the amount of characters, the emotional tension, or even something small like the amount of food on a character's plate.
All that needs to be consistent is the concept of one small piece becoming the part of something gigantic, like the chicken's mohawk to the entire Earth becoming a small dot in space.
The significance of the small beginning to the "zoom" pattern can show students how even the smallest piece of a work, a single word, can have significance in the work as a whole. Furthering that, the conceptual analysis of the "zoom" pattern can help students find their own significance in their class, at school, in their city, and in the world as a whole.
The book and the adaptations for instruction have the potential to be very empowering. Sep 26, Andrea rated it it was amazing Shelves: picture-books.
This wordless picture book starts with an image and continues to "zoom" out, showing that what you see could turn into something else completely. It is incredible how engaging a wordless picture book can be. Typically, when I think of this type of genre, it is for very young readers who cannot read words.
However, this book is an exception! It would take a little bit of an older student to be able to follow the plot line and read the pictures in order. It could be used in the classroom for predic This wordless picture book starts with an image and continues to "zoom" out, showing that what you see could turn into something else completely. The format of the book is interesting, in that Banyai utilizes a single page spread. The left side of each set of pages is black, forcing the reader to really focus on the pictures on the right hand side of the page.
This choice allows the reader to focus on these non-moving snapshots. Typically the pictures in a picture book show movement through actions on the page or the corresponding text below, but this text focuses solely on non-moving pictures.
It appears that Banyai's pictures are a cross between realistic and cartoon. The colors used are very real, yet the people have a slight hint of cartoon to them.
This book reminds me of the last scene in the movie "Men in Black" when the whole universe as we know it is held in the locker. It really makes you think about what you are looking at and puts life in perspective. I think this book would be a great one of the classroom.
Children might have fun making their own version of Zoom using digital cameras. They could also make tag-lines or narrate the text as a fun project. It also might be interesting to select a particular page and brainstorm different alternatives to what the next page could be! Really enjoyed this wordless picture book, each pages zooms out from the last picture to reveal a bigger picture with more detail.
I can see the fun and creative potential for children to make their own 'Zoom' book focussing on their life and experiences that they have had, this could be through English or Art. Cross Curricular Links: - English, Describing each photo, Children to make their own 'zoom' books about their lives. Jan 26, Rebecca Collins rated it it was amazing Shelves: environment , eyfs , ks1 , society , lifestyle , journey , mystery , ks2 , places , tribes. One of my favourite wordless picture books! I love how you do not expect what is going to be on the next page and how it all fits together perfectly.
This book could be used with any age group in my opinion, as even those who are in EYFS could interpret what is happening in some of the pictures. This also really highlights why books like this should appear within libraries, because it teaches so much about the world and different societies and cultures; additionally so many NC links could be mad One of my favourite wordless picture books! This also really highlights why books like this should appear within libraries, because it teaches so much about the world and different societies and cultures; additionally so many NC links could be made about them!
What I also like is that there is no right or wrong answer when you are interpreting the pictures, and the predictions could be really random too! A BIG thumbs up from me! Aug 19, Tahira Hamilton rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Anyone who likes art!! This is a picture book with no words. This book shows one picture on each page that is connected to the picture before it. I would use this book to help teach an art lesson or a science lesson.
Student's could get neat ideas from this book on projects they could make in an art class. This book could also be used to start a science discussion on how everything in life is connected and effcts ech other. Mar 29, ABC rated it really liked it Shelves: older-kids , younger-kids , teens-and-adults , wordless-picture-book.
This is a cool wordless book. For all ages. Nothing is as it seems Aug 22, Sherri rated it it was amazing Shelves: harding I plan on using this amazing wordless book with my 7th graders to review sequencing.
Sep 23, Abrar rated it it was amazing. Silence is a fence around wisdom. Amazing - can be read forwards and backwards - perhaps ideal for chn with ASD as a means to understand micro and macro structures.
Apr 15, Bethany Hagenbuch rated it it was amazing Shelves: children-s-lit. Humans are just tiny specks in the universe that are very miniscule. This picture book takes an illustration and slowly zooms out to reveal something larger. I think the deeper meaning behind this book is realizing how unimportant the little things are in life.
Look at the bigger picture! Anyone can enjoy this book. For a unit on perspective, middle schoolers are at a point where they begin to think abstractly and wonder about the world around them. How does the world work? How do things interact with each other? There are a few writing assignments that could pair well with this text: -A journal entry about a time where they felt small in the world -A re-creation of the book using illustrations of things students encounter in their own lives ex: a book, to a desk, to a classroom, to the school… and so on -Have students evaluate the effectiveness of the book Ex: is more effective with or without words?
Or it can show you that there are multiple ways of looking at things in life if you simply zoom out. Oct 12, Carolynne rated it liked it Shelves: picture-books , re-read. Each illustration in this wordless picture book cleverly zooms out from the previous one, from a rooster in a toy henhouse to the earth in space. The illustrations themselves are not particularly distinguished, but the concept and execution makes the book above average.
Each picture forces the "readers" to rethink what they are seeing, and there are many surprises along the way. This would be good for encouraging students to think outside the box and to view things with a fresh perception. The Each illustration in this wordless picture book cleverly zooms out from the previous one, from a rooster in a toy henhouse to the earth in space.
The book could be used with pre-school children or, with imaginative teaching, up to 4th or 5th graders. Jul 27, David Ward rated it really liked it Shelves: art , favorites , non-fiction , childrens. There's no other way to describe it.
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