The Look Book

By Chris Sickles, Red Nose Studio, Chris Sickels

Book Overview

As siblings Ian and Ann try to keep themselves amused during a long and boring summer day, they learn that the world around them is more exciting than it first appears. After they leave the house,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581809409
• ISBN13: 9781581809404
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: HOW Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Look Book

This book is hilarious. It is rather morbid, and I would not recommend it for young children. It puts a new twist on how two children learned to see the world. Some of the rhymes are expected, and some are unexpected. I think that it makes the perfect gift for someone who would appreciate a humorous, surprising present. I am giving a copy of this book to my brother and his new wife as a present because I like it that much.

Amazing Illustrations

This beautifully illustrated book is a reminder that a creative mind using objects at hand can bring (without the aid of computers and digitalized images) characters to life. The lessons are true to life; this little book has depth.

open your eyes

I don't know what it's like in Minnesota, but here in New York "horrible things" do happen: souls are troubled; animals get abused; people walk out on their loved ones; there is roadkill; and children get bored. If, however, you raise a strong child, that child will learn to distinguish between tragic and funny, fact and fiction, and the spellings of homophones. And if you also are strong (which means possessing a sense of humor about how life really is), you and your child will most definitely not be bored by reading this clever, insightful, darkly delightful book.

Dark, Funny, Beautiful, Witty... Perfect!

This book is stunning. The art is amazing and the humor is dark and hilarious. At first glance it appears to be a children's book, but when you look inside you find that while childlike in many ways, the book toes the line into a world that is at once surreal and bizarre, but filled with charm. Similar to the beauty of a Tim Burton film, the scenes created by Chris Sickels are meticulously crafted and intricate. They depict funny word associations such as "kitchen sinks and sinking kitchens" and "an exercising priest and a priest exorcising." This book is a humor book and an art book at the same time... and it's really cool.