Look-Alikes

by Joan Steiner

Book Overview

Simple verses challenge readers to identify the everyday objects used to construct twelve three-dimensional scenes in Lookalike Land. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316812714
• ISBN13: 9780316812719
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: MT BOOKS - LITTLE BROWN
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Beware! Do not buy if you don't have a few hours to spend!

Look-Alikes and Look-Alikes Jr. were show-stoppers at my house this Christmas. Poring over the pictures is an absolutely great activity that everyone, all ages, can join. The only problem we had is that there wasn't room for everyone to look at the book at the same time.Something she doesn't say in the book but does reveal on the CD-Rom: these are photographs of actual dioramas, not photo- or Photoshop-collages. Amazing!!

Look-Alikes are awesome!

Welcome to a land where the more you look, the more you see. Teddy bears made from peanuts, chairs from pretzels, dresses from balloons. Entire scenes like a coffee pot train, a station roofed by badminton raquets, a harbor made from...everything! This artist's imagination gives your eyes & your ability to discern what it is you are seeing a real, awesome workout. What a gift this book will make!

Look Alikes

This is a book that has been entertaining to all family members from the age of 9 to 78 years of age. Each person who picks it up cannot bear to part with it. The colors and photo layouts of each page are filled with warmth and depth. Even without close scrutiny the immediate "feel" of the photos is that you are glimpsing into a moment of time long gone. There is an "old world" feel to the pictures. Upon closer review you are repeatedly amazed at how your eye first deceived you. Absolute creative genius is what makes this book one to purchase-for any age. Especially wonderful for those who love puzzles and DETAIL. No detail is left out and no detail is left to its own nature. A twist on reality that delights you with every turn of every page. A must buy for sure.

Awesome, can't wait for a sequel!

I purchased this book 4 days ago and my 3 children (5, 9 and 11) haven't put it down. They keep finding more and more look a likes everytime they open the book. It's brought them closer together also by sharing with eachother what they found. I'm hoping Joan Steiner will write a sequel.

It's just too much fun for your eyes!

This is a wonderful book. My ten year old son loved it! He spent hours looking at all the pictures and trying to figure out how they were made. You can see something new in each incredible picture every time you look at it! Our school library has ordered several copies. The creativity in this book is just too much fun.