The Ball Game

by Hervé Tullet

Overview

To play this game, scrunch up a piece of paper into a ball and you're off. You can score goals, follow the course or hit the targets. You can throw the ball, flick it, use a rubber band to shoot it or even use the detachable piece of board to help perfect your aim.

This book completely unfolds into a game that includes ready-made holes through which readers flick or throw their paper balls. Designed for playing anywhere, this book can be stood up, laid down, or even hung up! Children can follow the story, or make up their own rules.

One of the beloved 'Let's Play Games' series books by Hervé Tullet, which stimulate thought and imagination in young children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714866888
Publisher:	Phaidon Press
Publication date:	02/03/2014
Series:	Let's Play Games Series
Pages:	14
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Hervé Tullet (b.1958) studied Fine Art and worked as an Art Director for ten years before joining the advertising industry. In 1994 he published his first book for children and has since become one of the world's most innovative children's authors and has won numerous awards. Known in France as 'The Prince of pre-school books', Tullet takes the concept of reading to a new level, teaching young minds to think imaginatively, independently and creatively. His titles include the New York Times bestseller Press Here, as well as I am Blop!, The Big Book of Art and the 'Let's Play Games' series of board books for young children, also published by Phaidon Press. He lives in Paris.  

Editorial Reviews

2014-03-03
The novelty-book answer to the basketball net on the wastepaper basket. On the paperboard overwrap that holds this accordion-fold board book together, players are invited to "screw a piece of paper into a ball" and flick it, throw it or shoot it with a rubber band through holes in the book. One side of the book contains various cartoon scenes of sporting events involving balls: basketball, soccer, rugby, tennis and golf. The colorful verso lists numeric point values. A few of the targets will be manageable for young players, but the others (the smallest hole is less than one-half inch in diameter) will prove frustratingly impossible. The companion title, The Game of Mirrors, is also wordless and uses shiny silver pages, a variety of geometric forms and several die-cut holes punched through the center to create a mesmerizing visual experience. Both titles contain the choking-hazard label that has beset many of the other books in the series. While a detachable piece from The Ball Game is likely to blame for this warning, it is quite baffling what the small parts are on The Game of Mirrors, as there are none to be found. While The Ball Game really is most appropriate for children above 3 years since significant coordination is needed, it is too bad Tullet's American publishers could not find a way to make The Game of Mirrors safe for core board-book readers; babies would have been the perfect audience for this playful exploration. This ballgame is a board-book miss. (Board book. 3-8)

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