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Summary: Creative, engaging, complex but simple
Review: I really loved this book as an adult, and what makes it even better is that my son is nuts about it as well. Because there are no words, he can tell the story to me. I think books like this teach children to look at the details and to study facial expressions. This book is Brilliant!
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Summary: Just okay.
Review: Let me first make sure everyone understands that THERE ARE NO WORDS in this book. This is truly just a story based upon pictures. With that said, I think it is a wonderful idea to create a book in which children are allowed to make up their own stories based upon what they see, and find messages in thoughtful illustrations. I just didn't have the same enthusiasm the other readers had for these illustrations, and neither did my children. They are interesting to look through once, but I am not thrilled with how they are sized and layed out on a page, in addition to the manner in which they are drawn. The imagination in this book is truly unique, and I give it credit for that. I just don't think it deserves a five star rating.
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Summary: Every day should be a cloudy day like this one...
Review: Of all the children's books I have read, this one stands out as my all time favorite. I love to write, and treasure the words in good stories, but Sector 7 needs no words to be understood. All you have to do is read the pictures, and let your imagination do the rest. A little boy with artistic talent draws in the fog on the window of the schoolbus that is taking his class on a field trip to the Empire State Building. When the children arrive, they rush to the top only to find that it is completely cloudy. There is zero visibility, nothing but clouds. This makes it easy for one friendly cloud to make friends with the boy, and whisk him away to Sector 7, a cloud factory in the sky. The clouds are bored with their round and blobby shapes, so the boy puts his talent to work to draw plans for new cloud shapes. The clouds begin to reinvent themselves into interesting new forms. It doesn't take long before the powers that be take notice, and search for the culprit. The boy is immediately caught and sent back to join his class. You'd think it would end there, but his precocious little cloud friends has other plans. The ending of this book is delightful, as the boy begins to see the difference he made take hold in the sky. My favorite illustration is the boy asleep at the end. Even I , as an adult, think that sleeping on a cloud would be heavenly. This book is magical for children and adults alike. If you are familiar with David Wiesner's work or not, Sector 7 is a special treat.
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Summary: Fantastic book
Review: Sector 7 is a great first book. Since it has essentially no words and requires none to be enjoyed, the book can be "read" and understood by very young children. We all see the clouds in the sky and who hasn't seen something in their shapes? This book ranks with Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are." To get a child started on the road to reading and loving it, Sector 7 can be enjoyed alone, with a friend or parent.
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Summary: A Great First Book
Review: Sector 7 is a great first book. Since it has essentially no words and requires none to be enjoyed, the book can be "read" and understood by very young children. We all see the clouds in the sky and who hasn't seen something in their shapes? This book ranks with Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are." To get a child started on the road to reading and loving it, Sector 7 can be enjoyed alone, with a friend or parent.
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Summary: Sector Seven
Review: Sector Seven Sector Seven, by David Wiesner, is a story of how a little boy learns to use his creativity to give back to the world his own dreams and fantasies. On one cloudy day, a little boy goes on a school field trip to the Empire State Building. There he meets a fantastic cloud creature who takes him on a wild adventure to a cloud factory in the sky called Sector Seven. While on his adventure, he uses his talent for drawing to inspire the clouds in the sky to make their own perceptions and realities. What the author has done is to tell in a children's story how in our lives we have the power, if we choose, to make an impact on others. He encourages readers take their different talents and ideas and share them with the world to make a change; to learn from the perspectives of others and allow them to learn from ours. Overall, Sector Seven is done very well. Since this book is a wordless picture book, the illustrations have to carry the narrative of the story, which it does nicely. I thought that the illustrations could have used a little more color; the illustrator used mostly shades of gray and blue. However, I would guess that the author wants to give the impression of a "cloudy day," and from this perspective, the colors fit the plot of the story. The illustrations of the factory scenes are a bit confusing because the illustrator places the pictures of the main characters on top of other scenes within the factory. Since the effect produces the sensation of several actions happening simultaneously, the story is sometimes hard to follow. I understood the author's intention of this book much better after reading the introduction within the jacket cover. I would suggest to any person who is reading this book, to look at this introduction before going on to the rest of the story. You will have much clearer perception of the direction in which David Wiesner is trying to take Sector Seven.
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Summary: Sector Seven
Review: Sector Seven Sector Seven, by David Wiesner, is a story of how a little boy learns to use his creativity to give back to the world his own dreams and fantasies. On one cloudy day, a little boy goes on a school field trip to the Empire State Building. There he meets a fantastic cloud creature who takes him on a wild adventure to a cloud factory in the sky called Sector Seven. While on his adventure, he uses his talent for drawing to inspire the clouds in the sky to make their own perceptions and realities. What the author has done is to tell in a children's story how in our lives we have the power, if we choose, to make an impact on others. He encourages readers take their different talents and ideas and share them with the world to make a change; to learn from the perspectives of others and allow them to learn from ours. Overall, Sector Seven is done very well. Since this book is a wordless picture book, the illustrations have to carry the narrative of the story, which it does nicely. I thought that the illustrations could have used a little more color; the illustrator used mostly shades of gray and blue. However, I would guess that the author wants to give the impression of a "cloudy day," and from this perspective, the colors fit the plot of the story. The illustrations of the factory scenes are a bit confusing because the illustrator places the pictures of the main characters on top of other scenes within the factory. Since the effect produces the sensation of several actions happening simultaneously, the story is sometimes hard to follow. I understood the author's intention of this book much better after reading the introduction within the jacket cover. I would suggest to any person who is reading this book, to look at this introduction before going on to the rest of the story. You will have much clearer perception of the direction in which David Wiesner is trying to take Sector Seven.
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Summary: Gorgeous book
Review: The graphics are incredible in this book. I have 3 children ages 7, 5 and 5 and they were absolutely enchanted with this book as was I. Highly recommend this book for all ages.
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Summary: A great picture book for all readers!
Review: This book has pictures that could stand alone, even without the terrific story that they tell. Anyone can read this book, from very young to adult, and become swept up (pun intended) in the story. A small boy takes a ride on a friendly cloud, taking off from the Empire State Building and landing at the central station for clouds in Sector 7. Just the notion that clouds arrive, depart, and accept shape assignments from matter-of-fact bureaucrats is charming, but the pictures of all this are wonderful. The only drawback to this book is that is is hard to determine which sectors all the rest of us live in. A bigger, clearer look at the grid on the globe would have been nice.
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Summary: Brain candy
Review: This book is wordless and so shall you be when you finish it. I'm an EQ coach and help people develop their right-brains - so starved in today's world. This magnificent adventure of a book will take you back and it will take you forward and leave you suspended where you've never been before. Pretend you bought it for your child or grandchild, and dive in -- or rather float away. It's marvelous!
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