06 12 / 2011

I am obsessed with this book right now. It is such a fun and innovative approach to a picture book! Check it out… From hbook.com: “One of the most talked-about books this year is Hervé Tullet’s Press Here, called Un Livre (“a book”) in the French original and in most other translations. I’d like to assume everyone has seen this already, but in case you haven’t, this is an excerpt from my review: …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…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.” Can you guess what happens on the third spread? There are two yellow dots. This is the anti-app, magically showing what a page turn can do — provided the reader suspends disbelief and keeps on pressing, tilting, blowing, and clapping as the text prompts. Simple and brilliant.” Click on the image above to read the whole article on hbook.com

I am obsessed with this book right now. It is such a fun and innovative approach to a picture book! Check it out…

From hbook.com:

“One of the most talked-about books this year is Hervé Tullet’s Press Here, called Un Livre (“a book”) in the French original and in most other translations. I’d like to assume everyone has seen this already, but in case you haven’t, this is an excerpt from my review:

…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…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.”

Can you guess what happens on the third spread? There are two yellow dots. This is the anti-app, magically showing what a page turn can do — provided the reader suspends disbelief and keeps on pressing, tilting, blowing, and clapping as the text prompts. Simple and brilliant.”

Click on the image above to read the whole article on hbook.com

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