Books by Christoph Niemann
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review 1: I can't begin to describe how much I loved this book. I plan to purchase it so that I can look back though it and enjoy it again and again. Christoph Niemann is a designer and writes a visual blog for the New York Times, and this book is sort of a compilation of his work. I "read...
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review 1: This book has it all - friendship and a dragon and Chinese characters. For children wanting to dip their toe into the world of Chinese characters, this book will give them the perfect opportunity to discover how some characters relate to their meanings. The neat thing about it, ...
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review 1: This book is a compilation of posts from artist/illustrator Christoph Niemann's New York Times blog, also called Abstract City. Niemann uses a crazy variety of media (fallen leaves, cookie dough and sprinkles, Google Maps, as well as the usual ink, pencil and paint) to examine va...
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review 1: I LOVE this picture book. I love the concept which aligns perfectly with my own visual approach to the world and, I suspect, many children's also. (That of finding visual cues everywhere to help understand and learn things.) My 9 year old son loves the book as well and took great...
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review 1: The story in this was only meh, but it was a great introduction to Chinese characters and a way to show kids the differences in the Chinese and English language. There is a note at the beginning of the book that captures it completely - "On a recent trip to Asia, I learned my fir...
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review 1: "Subway" by Christoph was is a great book. A parent and two kids takes the subway just for fun one day.They ride all around New York and try to figure out where they are going. The author did a good job with this book. It is a fun story. I think it will kind of confused little ki...
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review 1: A young boy and girl encounter various forms of transportation or construction vehicles. The little girl asks how each vehicle works, the little boy thinks about it and the next page reveals how it works. Sort of. Readers will encounter a lion driving a truck, a flock of chickens...
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review 1: This book is not a traditional book in the sense it does have sort of a story line but the text in it are mainly captions of what the pictures represent. Throughout this book there are photographs of the different parts of New York City made out of Legos. Not only does it represe...