Let the animals come to life

by Roxana S. on October 22, 2009

Have you heard of something called Scanimation? It’s a pretty cool technique which makes the images of this book, ¡Al Galope!, seem as if they’re moving. Artist, inventor, filmmaker, Rufus Butler Seder, came up with this animation process described as “video without a screen.”

Translated from the #1 New York Times bestseller children’s book, Gallop!, the Spanish version will have your kiddos thinking they’re watching a movie instead of reading a book. Not to mention, they’ll learn a bunch of vocabulary including the names of animals and the action verbs associated with them such as “aletear” (for the butterfly) or “galopar“(for the horse.)

This is definitely one book you’ll want to add to your children’s library in español. Not only is it fun and completely different from any other book, but its text is simple enough to use with children learning to read.

Each of the pages of this book contains a scanimation of a particular animal in action and a question about whether you can do as the animal does. In other words, it includes inviting questions such as: “¿Puedes columpiarte como un mono?” or “¿Puedes correr como un perro?” So immediately it gets children moving. When I read it to my daughter she couldn’t help but run around the kitchen acting as one of the animals on the pages of the book. How cool is that?

A Giveaway!!

This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winners #2 TATI and #29 DONNA K. Thanks to all for entering!

Well, here’s your chance to find out. We’re giving away two copies of this innovative book! To enter, please visit Scanimation Books’ website and come back to leave us a comment about what you learned while you were there.

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This giveaway ends Sunday, October 25th at midnight EST.

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1 Tati October 22, 2009 at 7:11 am: I saw the excerpt inside from the website and I am so curious as to how it all works! HOpe I win!
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2 Tati October 22, 2009 at 7:11 am: I subscribe via e-mail
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3 Tati October 22, 2009 at 7:13 am: I subscribe via feed as well!
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4 joD October 22, 2009 at 9:54 am: It was created to relate to kids by being like a video without a screen. I find this really interesting, especially considering the research the indicates that infant boys are especially interested in motion (girls prefer faces).
5 Jessica October 22, 2009 at 12:00 pm: I learned that Rufus Butler Seder has installments at Smithsonian, Sea World and Union Station.
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6 Janet Mahurin October 22, 2009 at 3:07 pm: i learned that Waddle! is #2 and Gallop! is #6 on the New York Times Children’s Picture Book Bestseller list.
7 Kalen October 22, 2009 at 3:35 pm: I learned that the author of the book also has art displayed at the Smithsonian, Sea World and other museums. I’ve been wanting to get my daughter the Gallop book and want it even more now that it’s in Spanish.
8 simone October 22, 2009 at 9:51 pm: I learned that Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the “persistence of vision” principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. It looks really cool, although kinda freaky that it works! Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
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9 simone October 22, 2009 at 9:52 pm: I subscribe via email. Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
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10 Adriana October 23, 2009 at 3:24 am: We played the matching game. Lots of fun!
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11 Adriana October 23, 2009 at 3:25 am: I now follow through email.
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12 Benita G. October 23, 2009 at 9:19 am: I learned that Waddle is an instant NY Times best seller.

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13 Benita G. October 23, 2009 at 9:20 am: Email subscriber.

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14 Christine W October 24, 2009 at 9:38 am: Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the “persistence of vision” principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement.

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15 Christine W October 24, 2009 at 10:52 am: I am already a subscriber via email.

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16 Christine W October 24, 2009 at 11:19 am: I subscribe via Google Reader. I also sent an email to you with the Secret Phrase.

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18 Diana October 24, 2009 at 1:30 pm: So Rufus Butler Seder has put in some of these installations at places like the Smithsonian and Sea World. Very cool.
19 Diana October 24, 2009 at 1:31 pm: I subscribe via email.
20 Kalen October 25, 2009 at 5:52 am: I am an email subscriber.
21 Sergio October 25, 2009 at 5:52 am: email subscriber
22 Candie L October 25, 2009 at 2:48 pm: I like the idea of the matching game. Thank you
23 Candie L October 25, 2009 at 2:49 pm: I am an email subscriber. Thank you
24 Gabriel J. October 25, 2009 at 5:18 pm: Waddle is a NY Times bestseller.
25 Gloria October 25, 2009 at 6:41 pm: Created by Rufus Butler Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the “persistence of vision” principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. It harkens back to the old magical days of the kinetoscope, and the effect is astonishing, like a Muybridge photo series springing into action—or, in terms kids can relate to, like a video without a screen.
26 Gloria October 25, 2009 at 6:42 pm: subscribed via google reader
27 Chrysa October 25, 2009 at 7:19 pm: I love these books. My nephew has “Gallop” in English, but I would love the Spanish version! I learned the author has work in the Smithsonian!
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28 Donna K October 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm: It was created to relate to kids by being like a video without a screen.
29 Lily Kwan October 25, 2009 at 9:06 pm: I learned that created by Rufus Butler Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the “persistence of vision” principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement.