WimmelBilderBuch
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A Wimmelbilderbuch is a special kind of picture book
, distinct from other large format picture books. It usually has "fold-out" pages and abundant images of richly detailed humans, animals and things, from which the name of "Bilderbuchart" results. Typically several everyday scenes such as a zoo, a town or a farm, are connected within a single image. Formats are often larger than A4.
'Wimmelbilderbuch' is a German word, constructed from wimmeln (German for 'to teem'), and Bilderbuch (German for 'picture book', and itself made up of Bilder for 'pictures' and Buch for 'book').
"Wimmelbilderbücher" with things to be discovered are aimed at children from about 18 months, and they enjoy great popularity among children and parents. The depicted scenes of everyday life make a lively exchange between adults and children about the situations presented. Hidden objects are also a popular motif for puzzles.
Wimmelbilderbuch authors include Ali Mitgutsch, Rotraut Susanne Berner
, and Eva Scherbarth. Wimmelbücher for older children include the renowned Where's Wally?
series by the British illustrator Martin Handford
.
Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel the Elder
and Hans Jurgen Press
are regarded as the fathers of the format.
The Wimmelbuch is also available in digital format, where the player clicks his way through several screens of a story.
Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
, distinct from other large format picture books. It usually has "fold-out" pages and abundant images of richly detailed humans, animals and things, from which the name of "Bilderbuchart" results. Typically several everyday scenes such as a zoo, a town or a farm, are connected within a single image. Formats are often larger than A4.
'Wimmelbilderbuch' is a German word, constructed from wimmeln (German for 'to teem'), and Bilderbuch (German for 'picture book', and itself made up of Bilder for 'pictures' and Buch for 'book').
"Wimmelbilderbücher" with things to be discovered are aimed at children from about 18 months, and they enjoy great popularity among children and parents. The depicted scenes of everyday life make a lively exchange between adults and children about the situations presented. Hidden objects are also a popular motif for puzzles.
Wimmelbilderbuch authors include Ali Mitgutsch, Rotraut Susanne Berner
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Rotraut Susanne Berner is a German graphic designer and illustrator. She illustrated The Number Devil....
, and Eva Scherbarth. Wimmelbücher for older children include the renowned Where's Wally?
Where's Wally?
Where's Wally?, published in the United States and Canada as Where's Waldo?, is a series of children's books created by British illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens or more people doing a variety of amusing things...
series by the British illustrator Martin Handford
Martin Handford
Martin Handford is an English children's author and illustrator who gained worldwide fame in the mid-1980s with his Where's Wally? creation ....
.
Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes . He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but he is also the one generally meant when the context does...
and Hans Jurgen Press
Hans Jürgen Press
Hans Jürgen Press was a German illustrator and writer of children's books. Many of his books contain stories and puzzles in which the reader searches the illustrations for clues to the mystery....
are regarded as the fathers of the format.
The Wimmelbuch is also available in digital format, where the player clicks his way through several screens of a story.
Literature
- Cornelia Rémi: Reading as Playing: The Cognitive Challenge of the Wimmelbook. In: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (Hrsg.): Emergent Literacy: Children's Books from 0 to 3, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2011 (Studies in Written Language and Literacy 13).