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Summary: Wordless wonderment!!
Review: A young boy rides with his class field trip to the Empire State Building on a cold, winter's day. Along the way, he draws elaborate pictures of animals on the fog on the windows. It's foggy on the observation platform, too; so foggy and cloudy in fact that he can't see anything. Imagine his surprise when a passing cloud takes off his scarf and hat! The boy is then invited on a journey with the cloud, and is swept off through the sky towards a large, submarine-like flying machine. It looks like something out of Jules Verne hovering there, with large funnels like curved smokestacks on it. There is a large clock showing the seasons of the year and a huge sign reading SECTOR 7. Going through one of the funnels, the boy and the cloud find themselves in a large room not unlike Grand Central Station, with people announcing arrivals and departures of different types of clouds. There are people in an office wearing sleeve garters and old style eye visors passing out blueprints to the clouds, showing their new formations. Well, the boy is a fine artist, after all, and he whips up a few blueprints of his own!! The clouds transform into fantastical geometric and detailed animal shapes. Needless to say, the engineers in charge are not pleased to see this, and though they press their own blueprints on the clouds, what happens outside of the flying sub is really up to the clouds themselves. "Sector 7" is by the same author who brought us the award winning book, "Tuesday." Similar to that work, "Sector 7" is a story told entirely without words. The artwork is detailed and lush, and one could easily pour over the drawings time and time again and notice something new that you had never noticed before. Indeed, "Sector 7" makes more and more sense the more you read it, mostly because each time you open the book you DO notice something else. Since the story is told without words and is a just a tad surreal, very young readers may not get as much out of it as their older peers. Children who have active imaginations, however, could easily get behind this story, and I can imagine them looking at the illustrations for hours, imagining their own flying submarines in the sky. I've used this book in writing classes before, encouraging students to compose their own text to this story, and have usually gotten very creative, good results!! Art teachers could use this book as well as an example of realistic detail in their work. I personally love "Sector 7" and press it on as many readers as I possibly can. Adults generally seem to love it as much as children, which is perhaps one of the highest compliments that can be paid for any book: universal interest and appreciation. If you know and love "Tuesday" or have never even heard of Mr. Wiesner, I strongly urge you to get your hands on this wonderful book!!
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Summary: Wordless wonderment!!
Review: A young boy rides with his class field trip to the Empire State Building on a cold, winter's day. Along the way, he draws elaborate pictures of animals on the fog on the windows. It's foggy on the observation platform, too; so foggy and cloudy in fact that he can't see anything. Imagine his surprise when a passing cloud takes off his scarf and hat! The boy is then invited on a journey with the cloud, and is swept off through the sky towards a large, submarine-like flying machine. It looks like something out of Jules Verne hovering there, with large funnels like curved smokestacks on it. There is a large clock showing the seasons of the year and a huge sign reading SECTOR 7. Going through one of the funnels, the boy and the cloud find themselves in a large room not unlike Grand Central Station, with people announcing arrivals and departures of different types of clouds. There are people in an office wearing sleeve garters and old style eye visors passing out blueprints to the clouds, showing their new formations. Well, the boy is a fine artist, after all, and he whips up a few blueprints of his own!! The clouds transform into fantastical geometric and detailed animal shapes. Needless to say, the engineers in charge are not pleased to see this, and though they press their own blueprints on the clouds, what happens outside of the flying sub is really up to the clouds themselves. "Sector 7" is by the same author who brought us the award winning book, "Tuesday." Similar to that work, "Sector 7" is a story told entirely without words. The artwork is detailed and lush, and one could easily pour over the drawings time and time again and notice something new that you had never noticed before. Indeed, "Sector 7" makes more and more sense the more you read it, mostly because each time you open the book you DO notice something else. Since the story is told without words and is a just a tad surreal, very young readers may not get as much out of it as their older peers. Children who have active imaginations, however, could easily get behind this story, and I can imagine them looking at the illustrations for hours, imagining their own flying submarines in the sky. I've used this book in writing classes before, encouraging students to compose their own text to this story, and have usually gotten very creative, good results!! Art teachers could use this book as well as an example of realistic detail in their work. I personally love "Sector 7" and press it on as many readers as I possibly can. Adults generally seem to love it as much as children, which is perhaps one of the highest compliments that can be paid for any book: universal interest and appreciation. If you know and love "Tuesday" or have never even heard of Mr. Wiesner, I strongly urge you to get your hands on this wonderful book!!
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Summary: Brilliant and Charming
Review: David Weisner is an absolute treasure. We bought Sector 7 and enjoyed "reading" this outstanding picture book. The artwork is beautiful, and incredibly rich. I've read it to my son several times and am still finding more details.It's nice to discuss each picture with my son. I believe that we're developing some valuable communication skills. We also enjoy Free Falling and June 29th 1999 from David Weisner. Don't let your children grow up without introducing them to these treasures!
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Summary: Another jewel from David Wiesner
Review: David Wiesner has produced another delightful book! No text, but a picture is worth a thousand words - his charming illustrations tell the story in a way that will make you grin from ear to ear. Great for pre-readers, but they might have to wrestle it away from the grown-ups first. This book should be under alot of Christmas trees this year!
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Summary: A Wordless Piece of Art
Review: David Wiesner's Sector 7 illustrates an artistic young boy's adventure on a school field trip to the Empire State Building, where he meets a "friendly cloud-man." The "friendly cloud-man" takes the boy to "Sector 7," (the place where clouds are formed and placed around the globe). The boy uses his talents to give the unhappy clouds an eye-opening makeover. Wiesner's illustrations create an expressive story. His detailed pictures work together to make the story understandable and interesting. To enhance the mood and atmosphere of the story, Wiesner uses the choice of bold, friendly watercolors and unique frames throughout the book. The frames are presented in chronological order either top to bottom, left to right, or back to front. Sector 7 gives the reader's mind a chance to unwind and expand beyond its imaginable limits. It is definitely a book that will attract those of all ages and test their imagination.
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Summary: A Wordless Piece of Art
Review: David Wiesner's Sector 7 illustrates an artistic young boy's adventure on a school field trip to the Empire State Building, where he meets a "friendly cloud-man." The "friendly cloud-man" takes the boy to "Sector 7," (the place where clouds are formed and placed around the globe). The boy uses his talents to give the unhappy clouds an eye-opening makeover. Wiesner's illustrations create an expressive story. His detailed pictures work together to make the story understandable and interesting. To enhance the mood and atmosphere of the story, Wiesner uses the choice of bold, friendly watercolors and unique frames throughout the book. The frames are presented in chronological order either top to bottom, left to right, or back to front. Sector 7 gives the reader's mind a chance to unwind and expand beyond its imaginable limits. It is definitely a book that will attract those of all ages and test their imagination.
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Summary: A Wordless Piece of Art
Review: David Wiesner's Sector 7 illustrates an artistic young boy's adventure on a school field trip to the Empire State Building, where he meets a "friendly cloud-man." The "friendly cloud-man" takes the boy to "Sector 7," (the place where clouds are formed and placed around the globe). The boy uses his talents to give the unhappy clouds an eye-opening makeover. Wiesner's illustrations create an expressive story. His detailed pictures work together to make the story understandable and interesting. To enhance the mood and atmosphere of the story, Wiesner uses the choice of bold, friendly watercolors and unique frames throughout the book. The frames are presented in chronological order either top to bottom, left to right, or back to front. Sector 7 gives the reader's mind a chance to unwind and expand beyond its imaginable limits. It is definitely a book that will attract those of all ages and test their imagination.
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Summary: fantasy personified
Review: For my 3 year old this is a book she can "read". Together we look at the beautifully executed pictures and sometimes I "tell" story, sometimes my 3 year old does. The messages that art is important, that change is healthy, positive, and exciting, and that alternative views of our world are OK are all good messages for developing minds. With this book my 3 year old and I are able to talk about art, imagination, plot, and building friendships. The art is amazing and tells the story so well. I sometimes carry images of this book in my head for hours. I delete 1 star only because the copy we have has printing errors on 2 pages.
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Summary: wordless chimera
Review: I had the wonderful opportunity to see David Wiesner's incredibly lush and gorgeous art at an invitational showing at the Art Institute here in Chicago (an exhibit of Caldecott Medal Winnners) and I was impressed. Wiesner's talent for fantasy and unreality are so thrown upon the viewer, and each picture of his tells a thousand stories. Wiesner's books (by no means not only for children) are each telling a story entirely subjective to the viewer. In a way, they access our subconscious and unconscious, imitating a Rorshach test or an interpretation of random scenes presented from a psychologist.
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Summary: Wiesner's Best
Review: I love how this book can be used by a large variety of ages. the story is so creative and fun, but can be made complicated for older kids. Because it's a picture book, it can be as simple or elaborate as you want it to be. Kids really have fun helping tell the story without feeling like the have to read.
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