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In this junior version of Joan Steiner's award-winning Look-Alikes, everyday places (such as houses, movie theaters, and kitchens) are constructed from everyday objects (such as crackers, pencils, pretzels, and seashells). Simple, rhyming text accompanies the clever pictures ("To Look-Alike Land! We're blasting full throttle/ On a spaceship that looks like a THERMOS BOTTLE."), but the real focus is the puzzle of identifying the more than 700 objects in the 11 crisply photographed double-page scenes. Younger children will enjoy this book with a parent, discovering such anomalies as train wheels made from daisies and curtains made from lasagna noodles. Older children may enjoy playing competitive games, such as taking turns finding look-alikes or racing to see who can find the most in a set amount of time. (Ages 2 to 10) --Richard Farr
Book Description
In this junior version of Joan Steiner's award-winning Look-Alikes, everyday places (such as houses, movie theaters, and kitchens) are constructed from everyday objects (such as crackers, pencils, pretzels, and seashells). Simple, rhyming text accompanies the clever pictures ("To Look-Alike Land! We're blasting full throttle/ On a spaceship that looks like a THERMOS BOTTLE."), but the real focus is the puzzle of identifying the more than 700 objects in the 11 crisply photographed double-page scenes. Younger children will enjoy this book with a parent, discovering such anomalies as train wheels made from daisies and curtains made from lasagna noodles. Older children may enjoy playing competitive games, such as taking turns finding look-alikes or racing to see who can find the most in a set amount of time. (Ages 2 to 10) --Richard Farr
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful books!.......2007-01-04
These books are spectacular, we play "I spy" with them and see something new every time.
The more you look, the more you like!.......2003-11-06
What a wonderful book! I bought the book as a gift for my nephew and enjoyed it so much I nearly didn't want to give it away! Needless to say my nephew was delighted and loves the book. It's a great way to spend quality time with the younger generation, you will get as much pleasure as they do, finding all the cleverly arranged objects. A great way to wile away a cold winter's eve.
Attention.......2002-12-13
This book is a great tool to help your child closely observe details. A short attention span can quickly be expanded by both child and parent as you turn each page of this book.
I have used it with my daughter from age 5-8 and now with my 3 year old son. I usually ask them to find items on the page and then discuss how it is neat how the item was used to represent something entirely different. This is great to help them expand their imagination and see outside of the box.
Sometimes when you just don't feel like reading some night this gives you a great break. This is a great book and much better than Where's Waldo.
An utterly engrossing way to spend several hours.......2002-09-19
Joan Steiner's "Look-Alikes, Jr." is a wonderful follow-up to her 1998 "Look-Alikes." This self-taught artist employs everyday items from chess pieces to lasagna noodles, from nail polish bottles to keys, from crackers to ink pens, to construct the most completely realistic little scenes. There are spaceships blasting off towards outer space; middle-class living rooms; classrooms; general stores, and more, all of which are chock-full of items Steiner employs to look like something else. The aforementioned lasagna noodles? Yes, they're here--as curtains! And they look improbably wonderful as curtains!
This is certainly a treat for kids. But you may find that the adults end up buying their own copies of "Look-Alikes, Jr." just so they can sit in peace and be engrossed for hours on their own without having to share this wonderful book with the younger set! Highly recommended!
Beware: time trap!!!!.......2002-03-17
Don't even look at the cover of this book unless you have at least an hour to spare. It starts -- isn't that a thimble? a calendar page? a domino? a hacksaw? And the next thing you know it's 'way, 'way past bedtime. No matter how old you are or what your bedtime is.
Customer Reviews:
Most useless book ever............2007-09-16
Revlon Tv adds can be bad enough, Now they are selling Dolls? Right, and Sears has a good auto repair service.
Revlon Dolls and Their Look-Alikes.......2005-09-07
This book was like a trip back in time. I saw pictures of dolls that I played with and dreamed of owning. Recently I have been purchasing some of the dolls of my childhood to collect and display. The book is essential to help verify the authenticity of what I am buying. Is a dress truly a Revlon outfit or a copy? I enjoy referring to the book on many occasions. Kathy did an excellent job in documenting the history of Revlon dolls for doll collectors.
The 1950s, as portrayed by fashion dolls of the era.......2005-02-14
As a collector of 1950s fashion dolls, I can't buy a doll lately without checking this book -- for authenticity of outfits, identification of obscure companies, or comparing original dolls with "knock-offs." The Revlon information is the most complete available anywhere, in print or on the web. The additional info on similar dolls produced by competing companies is just as valuable. (No Madame Alexander info, but there are volumes of Alexander books already on the market.) And, like browsing a 1950s Sears catalog, it is just a hoot to see authentic '50s fashions in idealized miniature versions. Good for nostalgia, fashion research, and to prepare for browsing Ebay!
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"Come along! Jump aboard! Grab hold of my hand. / We're crossing the border into Look-Alike Land." So invites the opening lines of Joan Steiner's Look-Alikes, a three-dimensional miniature metropolis that's meticulously, ingeniously crafted out of everyday objects from mousetraps to milk bones. At first glance, a fancy hotel lobby seems just that, but take a closer look and you'll see a sofa made of gloves. In a sunny street scene, a building façade is laden with crackers, crayons form fence posts, and the tree is shaded by a stalk of broccoli. Children and adults alike will love poring over each picture, most of which contain more than 100 objects cleverly arranged to delight and deceive. Kids will easily identify many household objects, and the ones they may not recognize--a hosiery garter or flour sifter, for example--they'll learn from either the guide in the back or from a helpful parent. Good humor, a keen eye, and hours of hard work went into this visual marvel, which should be equally captivating for artists and I Spy fans. (Ages 5 to 105) --Karin Snelson
Book Description
"Come along! Jump aboard! Grab hold of my hand. / We're crossing theborder into Look-Alike Land." So invites the opening lines of Joan Steiner's Look-Alikes, a three-dimensional miniature metropolis that'smeticulously, ingeniously crafted out of everyday objects from mousetraps to milk bones. At first glance, a fancy hotel lobby seems just that, but take a closer look and you'll see a sofa made of gloves. In a sunny street scene, a building fa+ade is laden with crackers, crayons form fence posts, and the tree is shaded by a stalk of broccoli. Children and adults alike will love poring over each picture, most of which contain more than 100 objects cleverly arranged to delight and deceive. Kids will easily identify many household objects, and the ones they may not recognize--a hosiery garter or flour sifter, for example--they'll learn from either the guide in the back or from a helpful parent. Good humor, a keen eye, and hours of hard work went into this visual marvel, which should be equally captivating for artists and I Spy fans. (Ages 5 to 105) --Karin Snelson
Customer Reviews:
Cool Books!!Kids love them.......2007-08-20
My kids love these books. My son checked one out at the school library. My husband and I were amazed at the detail these pictures have. It puts I spy to shame. My kids look at these books all the time. Great for the car, or restaurants, they keep my seven and four year old happy, and I also enjoy looking at all of the cool pictures. They use everyday items and combine them into ordinary things. For example a chair might be made up of pretzel sticks for the legs, a ritz cracker for the seat, and something else for the back. There are hundreds on each page! Amazing!
Just imagine!.......2007-07-17
Joan Steiner is amazing. I saw some of the dioramas pictured in this book at the New York State Museum recently and was amused and delighted at her ability to trick us. Appearances can really be deceiving! I bought my copies for those who are convalescing no matter their age.
kids & parents loved it.......2007-06-12
We gave this to my nephew for his 8th birthday. He and 3 other kids ages 2 to 4 were mesmerized, even during the party, and grownups were fascinated. I can only speculate as to the kind of stuff that goes through this author's mind! The patience and attention to detail that went into these elaborate scenes are very impressive.
A book you'll NEVER tire of.........No Kidding........2005-12-11
My family has had this book for 6 years(original version) and we still LOVE it.Our sons (now ages 10 and 8) call it the wacky book.We play a game with it where one person spots something on a page and everyone else tries to figure out where it is(easier said than done).After all this time we're still coming up with new(and minute)things to see and share.Now our 2 year old is getting in on the game (much more fun than the I Spy Books)and is having a great time righ along with us.
I so highly recommend this book for anyone looking for a fun time.As for the Christmas version of the book(read my review of it)it's not nearly as interesting or amusing.
Love this book!.......2005-05-16
Everytime I look at the pictures in this book I see something I didn't see before. This is a book that you will enjoy as much as your kids enjoy. The creativity and imagination in these books are inspiring and motivational. Now when I look at a thimble, a button, a matchstick, or any other everyday object around my house, I don't just see the object, I see many other possibilities. Thank you Joan Steiner for making 4 generations in our family laugh and smile!
Book Description
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . and the more you look, the more you see.Using everything from dog biscuits and candy canes to gloves and starfish, Joan Steiner has created an entrancing three-dimensional world for puzzlers of all ages to pore over. This long-awaited follow-up to the bestselling Look-Alikes and Look-Alikes Jr. has nine more original, breathtaking images, including a cathedral, nutcracker ballet, Santa's workshop, and cozy Grandma's kitchen scene. For added value, the book includes instructions on how to create your own Look-Alikes Christmas decorations, as well as a question and answer session with Joan Steiner, including color photos from her studio.
Customer Reviews:
It's all in the details!.......2007-01-22
my daughter loves all the look-alike books. Look-Alike books are not "I Spy" nor "where's Waldo." It is better! Steiner used tons of little everyday items and put them into a theme-scape. Look closely and you see the train tracks are made of pencils, and the snow-capped mountain-tops are covered with white gloves! It invokes young readers' imagination and surprises even the most well-read adults! These well-done photographs teach us to see things differently. We enjoyed going over the pages and tried to identify all the objects. It is a great book to show kids examples of "it is all in the details!"
Nice Gift.......2007-01-04
I gave this as a gift.
The person "loved it"!
Thank You,
Jim
I really wanted this book.......2006-12-16
I had every intention of buying this book for my [...] daughter. BUT when I saw the first page with the "see inside" feature, I was taken aback at the skull and bra. As an opening page??? Not for my young daughter. I'm disappointed, because I like Joan Steiner's books. I would buy it if those two elements were gone.
An Amazing Feat...and Utterly Fascinating to Look At!.......2006-12-13
For those unfamiliar with the Look-Alikes series, creator Joan Steiner makes fascinating scenes using everyday objects--many cleverly hidden! Some people think Look-Alikes involve trick photography, but Steiner assures readers this is not the case. Most of her sets measure four to five feet across, in fact! The painstaking process of the perfectionistic Steiner often takes years. She admits that it took her THREE and a HALF YEARS to complete Look-Alikes Christmas! WOW...that's dedication!
I'm totally intrigued by the Look-Alikes books (we have two), and LOVE trying to spot all of the elements. Look-Alikes are similar to the I SPY books, but don't have the riddles. And, the items aren't so much "concealed" as they are so seemlessly integrated that you don't realize (at first!) what you're looking at! For example, in the Nutcracker scene, one look at Uncle Drosselmeyer's outfit and nothing really stands out. However, upon closer inspection, you realize that the flowing orange lining to his black cape is actually a Dorito!
There are ten lavish sets in the book, each spanning two pages:
*Winter Wonderland - A snowy outdoor scene (The skeleton draped in a bra is bizarre and a poor choice for this scene.)
*The Nutcracker - Dolls come alive in this indoor scene. Look closely--the curtains are made of hair!
*Santa's Workshop - What looks to be a fake nose serves as Mrs. Claus's cap, while orange Circus Peanuts double as elf shoes!
*Grandma's Kitchen - It's obvious that Grandma's apron is a dollar bill, but did you notice that the "spoon" the granchild is using to lick the batter out of the bowl is, in fact, a Q-tip?
*Christmas Windows - Shoppers stroll outdoors, gazing at delightful holiday windows. Women's purses are made up of a lock, a fig newton, a postage stamp, and a packet of pepper. How cool is that?!
*Cathedral - Jellybeans and suckers double as stained glass windows, while vertical bullets (?!) stand in the center of the church.
*Dollhouse - Dental floss as a water closet, a loofah sponge as a hamper, a wooden switch plate as a table top, and a jar of nailpolish as a lamp bottom.
*Toy Train - A loaf of bread does time as a tunnel, while dry spiral pasta makes a neat bow for a present under the tree.
*New year's Eve - A skyscraper made out of a computer keyboard, radiator, and crossword puzzle makes a great background for a bright celebration.
If you love the I SPY or Where's Waldo? books, you'll love the Look-Alikes books by Joan Steiner. I'm partial to the Christmas one, I think, because it was the first one I bought! My 8 year old, a train buff, likes the original because guess what's on the cover? Yep, a train!
Not as good as the first........2005-10-09
My family has owned and LOVED the first book for 4 years now.Our sons (now ages 10 and 8 years) still look at the first book and beg us to play what our family calls "The wacky game"(one person is "IT" and spots something on a page in the book while everyone else has their backs turned , and the challenge is on).When I saw this second book I thought it would be the perfect family Christmas Eve present.Boy was I WRONG!Our whole family was so dissapointed at how unchallenging the pictures where put together.We've look at it for a total of 15 mins and it's sat on the book shelf ever since.
I must say that we STILL enjoy the first book and it's always under one of the boys's pillows.
Product Description
1999 First Edition; No CD-Rom in this issue; Simple verses challange readers to identify the everyday objects used to construct eleven three-dimensional scenes.
Book Description
There are many things that make learning to read Japanese difficult, and all of them have to do with kanji. It has been suggested that kanji be banned from use, which might prove awkward considering that they have been a part of the language for over a 1,400 years. It has also been suggested
that they be simplified, and a half-hearted attempt was actually made to do just that. But, in the end, the student has only one recourse-which is, to learn them.
Of the many difficulties presented by kanji, this book takes up one: the fact that many of them look so very much alike. In your early years as a student, you may think that what you see before you is the simple character for "big," only to be told that, sorry, that's its look-alike, "dog." Later on
in your career, you see what you believe to be the recently learned "rope," only to be told that it is its kissing cousin "steel." Years later, with a great deal of experience under your belt, you are still caught flat-footed when you mistake "samurai" for "wait."
This book helps the student to overcome this problem of kissing cousins and spitting images, to become aware of the subtle differences that distinguish one kanji from another. With numerous exercises and charts, the tell-tale signs that give each kanji away are indelibly imprinted on the
mind.
Customer Reviews:
Suspense on every page!.......2007-03-24
From the proloque to the very end, the suspense in Rita Herron's Look-Alike permeates every page. Sheriff Miles Monahue meets and marries Caitlin Collier in record speed and she disappears just as quickly. When she turns up as dead, naturally, the husband is the first suspect. If that wasn't enough to complicate his life, out of the blue, Caitlin's look-alike appears claiming to have no memory other than being kidnapped and been held as a hostage against her will at some psychiatric hospital.
Miles feels compelled to unravel the clues and protect the woman who stirs such strong feelings in him. Is she Caitlin or Nora? How can she ever know when her mind is so clouded with the drugs given to her at Nighthawk Island --- when she has memories of both women ---when she feels so pulled towards Miles even though she has no memory of their marriage?
Herron packs so much suspense even into relatively short novel. The plot complication of 2 main suspense threads, the murder and the kidnapping, heightened both the suspense and the romance. Fantastic!
Customer Reviews:
Never a Shirley to be Seen.......2006-08-02
You can only knock romance stories for so long without finally reading one out of curiosity. Confronted by one that promised to have more action than pirates peering down blouses and heroines who display as much force of character as they do midriff, I bit. And, although I'm unlikely to read another one, Meredith Fletcher's Look-Alike was much better than I expected. There wasn't any more panting, swooning, and outright sex than, well, a toned down bit of softcore porn. And while the story is hardly a dramatic tour de force, there actually is a readable plot.
My one complaint is that beautiful, tough, female agents are never named Shirley. This time the female leads are Samantha St. John and Elle Petrenko. They are smart, knockdown gorgeous, and possessed of all the secret Mossad fighting styles that gung-ho ex-marine folk heroes also seem to know. They are also sisters, separated upon the murder of their parents, and have only recently met each other again. This happened in the previous volume, Double Cross. Now Sam has an assignment from her old school, the Athena Academy, and the ladies meet in Amsterdam ready to party and pick up a bad guy as well.
Of course, these stories wouldn't be stories if everything was that simple. Needless to say, the innocent get-together is a disaster. The canals leak villains (including an inevitably cute thief named Joachim), and soon the girls are chasing their parent's killers and several vials of a deadly nerve toxin dating back to the cold war. The story has its intricacies, but it is mostly people fighting or running. This is as it should be, whether it is a Seal team story or a lady secret agent drama. This is a change of pace from pirates, English lords, and the occasional vampire, and worth checking out.
Roller-coaster thriller!.......2006-06-19
Wow! From Amsterdam to Leipzig to Arizona to Moscow to the Greek Isles, the action never lets up as twin sisters Samantha St John and Elle Petrenko hunt their parents' killers. The twisty trail also leads them to the man who murdered Athena Academy's founder and a deadly biological agent that could destroy the world. Throw in a hunky bad guy trying to go good for Elle, a sexy CIA agent with the hots for Sam and things boil over fast!
Lots of action............2006-05-27
Meredith Fletcher follows up DOUBLE CROSS with twin Elle Petrenko's story. Elle and her twin sister, Samantha St. John, were separated as babies when their parents were killed. Sam grew up as a US citizen while Elle remained in Russia; both became spies. Sam is trying to unravel the mystery behind the death of Athena Academy founder, Marion Gracelyn, and recruits Elle's help. However, the chase leads them on separate paths and Elle is forced to re-examine their parents' deaths. With the aid of soon-to-be former mobster, Joachim Reiter, Elle will discover the reason behind her parents' murder and meet the man who did it. Meredith Fletcher does an excellent job at intertwining the stories of Elle and Sam across multiple countries. This was an enjoyable read but could be confusing to readers new to the Athena Force series.
exciting espionage romance .......2006-05-14
Following the homicides of their parents, the identical twins were separated as infants. One grows up in the United States while the other in Russia. Ironically as adults the siblings took up the same line of work just for different teams. The CIA employs Samantha St. John while the Russians utilize Elle Petrenko. Besides their differing employees, the sisters also contain diverse codes of honor.
The Athena Academy asks graduate Sam to investigate a blackmailer, which she agrees to do because of her appreciation of her alma mater. Her efforts lead her to uncovering who killed her parents years ago. However, to complete her Athena mission as well as her personal quest, Sam needs Elle, but gets German agent Joachim Reiter in the bargain. This triangle must find a way to trust one another or die alone against a dangerous foe.
This is an exciting espionage romance though the audience will have to accept the premise that having been separated as infants, the sisters become spies on two different continents. If you are okay with the first domino being improbable, the second domino and onward make for quite an exhilarating entertaining tale starring three wonderful agents. Meredith Fletcher provides a fine thriller that sub-genre fans will enjoy.
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Look Alikes: The Decal Plates Of Howard Kottler (Northwest Perspective)
Vicki Halper
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Book Description
In the late 1960s influential ceramist Howard Kottler (1930-1989) began to experiment with commercial decals and store-bought plates. Kottler altered the decals, often with political intent, by cutting and combining them, then adhering them to cheap white porcelain plates he purchased in bulk. Kottler's apparent rejection of the hand-made object and embrace of the conceptual over the tactile were unique among the revolutionary ceramists of the 1960s and 1970s.
Kottler's messages were often as profoundly anti-establishment as his medium. As a Viet Nam war protestor, he cut and rearranged the American flag to create Made in the U.S.A. As a gay man, he changed the couple in Grant Wood's American Gothic into identical males and turned seemingly innocuous images into sexual double entendres. He positioned his work squarely within the rich tradition of wit, irony, appropriation, and gender-bending epitomized by modernist Marcel Duchamp.
Look Alikes is the first examination of this body of work as a whole, including formal, boxed sets now in museum collections. Over sixty illustrations of the decal plates show the range of Kottler's imagery and the piquancy of his humor.
Book Description
In 1989 the U.S. Naval Academy had to recall close to one thousand diplomas reading “United States Navel Academy.” Word Traps can save you from such disasters.
Every day, the most respected writers, journalists, newspapers, magazines, and advertisers make dozens of errors involving sound-alike and look-alike words. And they’re not alone. The errors that so many of us make in our writing and speaking are more often the result of poor word choice than of poor spelling skills. Although computer spell-checkers correct nonwords, typos, and spelling lapses, they can’t be counted on to catch these mistakes. At last, help is on the way. Word Traps is filled with thousands of sound-alike and look-alike words that plague the English language, words like:
- council and counsel
- incipient and insipient
- choral, chorale, coral, and corral
- right, rite, wright, and write
- sensual and sensuous
- prostate and prostrate
- alumna, alumnae, alumni, and alumnus
- awhile and a while
Easy to use, informative, interesting, and often amusing, Word Traps will improve your writing and reading skills, and will earn a well-worn place right next to the dictionary.
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