In his latest book, author/illustrator Skip Ploss ("If Picasso Were a Fish" and "If I Had a Gift") shows children of all ages that you don't always have to draw a whole picture for the audience to get the picture.
The text is an abstraction itself as a semi-repeating form of Haiiku.
This book was chosen by the Austin Museum of Art to support thier exhibiltion of art by Sol LeWitt entitled "LeWitt x 2".
"Abstracts: Minimalist Scribblings shows children of all ages how simple lines can illustrate intriguing ideas. What a gem of a book!”
Anna Kichorowsky
Manager of Family & Community Programs
Austin Museum of Art-Downtown
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By Mike Lawrence
Oct 29, 2006
"Interactive Fun" What a great idea Skip has here...show an image of some common object but limit the lines, allowing children to work out what the object might be based on the text. Children love stories where they have to contribute to the process and this book allows just that. Very popular in my daycare class!
"you know they don't teach this in school, so buy the book" I love the idea behind this book. Each page is an abstracted version of a common object (nonessential lines are taken away), followed by an almost equally abstract (but apt) definition. This book not only encourages thinking and visualizing in untraditional ways, but also allows pre-readers to interact with each page by figuring out what the object is. As an author and illustrator, I'm impressed with the simple creativity of it. As the parent of a two year old, I'm buying it. This is one of the few books I've found that is in and of itself completely interactive with kids of that age group. --Jamie Melani Marshall
