Gallop!

I'm a little bit in love with these scanimation picture books by Rufus Butler Seder. The bold graphics, the little panels, featuring animals that swoop and dip and gallop and strut as you flip the pages. What's not to love?


Scanimation uses a technology based on the same principles as kinetoscopes, zoetropes, and other nineteenth century antiques that employed an optical illusion using the persistence of memory to create the flow of motion. [from School Library Journal]

I tend to pull Seder's books out at least every other day for storytime simply because they're so cute, and they lack that brain-eating repetitive vibe of so many kids' books. I've also taken to leaving them on the coffee table in lieu of our usual art and photography books, and everybody who comes through our door, young and old, is drawn to them right off the bat. There's something magical about them that even the oldest, stodgiest person can fall in love with.


Pure adorableness.