Zoom

Bought this as a communication game for my scouts where I took the pages out, laminated and gave them one each to work out the right order. They love the game. And I think it's a great picture book anyway.

Great activity bought for secondary school pupils to do as one of their OAA tasks

Used it for a team building exercise at work. Cut out the pages and divided into 2 parts. Challenged the groups to see which got it in order first. Also - interesting to watch group interactions as they try to figure it out. As a group exercise, the person describes their picture - but the others can't see it. They have to arrange themselves in order. It was fund.

An incredible book that gets you thinking. I use it in the language classroom. Although it has no text, only images, it stimulates a lot of questions. I recommend his books for the language classroom. However, one has a pornographic element, so be careful!

A mind twister, as each page reframes the view! A visual treat.

I used this as a team building exercise for a group of 30 odd people. I took all the pictures out of the book, mixed them up, handed them out and the team had to work out the correct order by just describing their pictures to one another. Chaos ensued to start with but eventually they worked it out. It took about 25 minutes in total. It was interesting to watch and got some good feedback afterwards.

I have children, and they loved Zoom, but I didn't get this for them. I wanted to use the extraordinarily clever picture sequence for an adult group session on communication - each person gets a picture, which they mustn't show anyone, and they have to work out what order to put them in to create the narrative simply by describing 'their' scene. You have to cut the pictures out (this use of Zoom isn't new, and many people have similarly chopped up their copies in the past - someone should release this as a set of prints). The session worked perfectly and I'm keeping the pictures to use again.

Used this when doing an interactive session with 16 and 17 year old students. Highly recommend and the students loved it

Testade den här på några barn som skulle kunna vara förstörda av allt animerat, men den funkade jättebra. Vuxna charmas och förvånas också av den!

"Ich habe **'Zoom'** von István Banyai gelesen und war absolut begeistert! Das Buch ist ein **visuelles Meisterwerk** ohne Worte, das den Leser auf eine faszinierende Reise durch Perspektiven und Dimensionen mitnimmt. Jede Seite zoomt weiter heraus – vom Hahnenschwamm bis ins Weltall – und schafft dabei ein **brillantes Spiel mit Wahrnehmung und Vorstellungskraft**. Die Illustrationen sind **künstlerisch anspruchsvoll** und regen zum Nachdenken an. **Perfekt für Kinder und Erwachsene**, die Lust auf etwas Ungewöhnliches haben. Ein Buch, das **immer wieder überrascht** und zum Blättern einlädt. Absolute Empfehlung!" **Fazit:** Ein einzigartiges Bilderbuch, das zeigt, wie klein und gleichzeitig riesig unsere Welt ist. 🌍✨ *P.S.: Auch als Geschenk ideal!*

Beautiful book that speaks only with the images. Not a single word is found in the book. A must for every age. Highly recommend as a collection that everyone should have

Libro curioso, molto bello! Mio figlio l'ha ricevuto verso i cinque anni. Ogni tanto torna a sfogliarlo perché lo intrigano i dettagli delle illustrazioni che creano il legame con quella successiva. È una storia per immagini divertente.

I have both books and posted this review in Rezoom as well. This is a gorgeous book; you can keep looking at the images for a long time and see new things. I actually use the book in class; I teach a subject that required a non-linear perspective, but rather I have to get the students to see things from a Macro to Micro perspective, not in a this happens then this happens. This book has been very successful in helping that process to occur. I actually disassemble the book, laminate the pages, and can adjust for it groups taking out some of the pages for the activity. I will not allow the students to show one another the pages, but instead, they have to describe what they think is important. Most students, based on how they have been taught to think, will describe the scene in terms of events of what is occurring, giving little emphasis to the detail of the images. Instead, about ten minutes in I let the students know that sometimes a story does not start where they think it starts; some cultures value emphasis on events or things over being linear. Then, after a bit more time, I let the students know the name of the book; which clues them in a little bit. Finally, I let the students show one another the pages, which they then put in order pretty quickly. It’s a great activity to teach perspective. A lot of times we are trained to see things a certain way, but not all people and cultures are that way. This book is great for that type of activity and lesson to teacher. It’d also work well with one’s own child, even trying to guess what happens next in the story.