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People Board book – Picture Book, August 23, 2011

by Blexbolex (Creator)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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Winner of the Goldene Letter Award for Best Book Design from all over the world, People is gorgeous and compelling!

Mother and father, dancers and warriors, gardener and farmer, hypnotist and genie. . . . All sorts of people appear in People, linked together in ways that begin to emerge page after page. Real, mythic, and imaginary types inhabit this extraordinary, gorgeously rendered world, referring to each other through form and function. Like Blexbolex's earlier book Seasons, this is a conceptual book, where the connections between the images are both clear and subtle.

Stunningly illustrated with retro-looking silkscreened images, People is a sumptuously produced volume, with a lavishly illustrated jacket that folds out into a poster. The manner of the realization and the quality of the book are so strong that People (as did Seasons) serves to reminds us once again what a book can be at its very best.

Seasons was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2010 and a Best Book of the Year for School Library Journal.

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  1. Reading age
    6 - 9 years
  2. Print length
    208 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Dimensions
    7.5 x 1.1 x 9.7 inches
  6. Publisher
    Enchanted Lion
  7. Publication date
    August 23, 2011
  8. ISBN-10
    1592701108
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1592701100
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"In the wake of Seasons (2010), an equally beguiling barrage of simple images demonstrating this French illustrator's unusual technical command and sharp powers of observation." --Kirkus Reviews

"In this stellar companion to the acclaimed Seasons, French artist Blexbolex's captivating silk-screens explore human archetypes using a 1960s-era design aesthetic. Powder-blue type identifies each figure. As with its predecessor, the book's brilliance lies in the intriguing ways in which the images mimic, challenge, and inform one another. For example, a "homeless person" sleeping in a box appears opposite a "camper"; a "contortionist" and a "plumber" exert themselves equally; and a pink "nudist" is paired with an "invisible man" in a business suit. Readers will form new associations and make new discoveries upon each revisiting." --Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
"Each charmingly matte and papery double-page spread features a full-bleed illustrated vignette that captures the human condition in its diversity, richness and paradoxes. From mothers and fathers to dancers and warriors to hypnotists and genies, Blexbolex's signature softly textured, pastel-colored, minimalist illustrations are paired in a way that gives you pause and, over the course of the book, reveals his subtle yet thought-provoking visual moral commentary on the relationships between the characters depicted in each pairing." --Maria Popova, Brain Pickings

About the Author

Blexbolex lives in Leipzig, Germany. He is an enormously talented silk-screen artist who has large followings in the worlds of comics, art and children's books. His book Seasons was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2010 and his book People won the Goldene Letter Award in 2009 for Best Book Design throughout the world.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Enchanted Lion; First Edition (August 23, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Board book ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592701108
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592701100
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 9 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.1 x 9.7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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Blexbolex

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Born in France in 1966, Blexbolex entered art school with the intention of becoming a painter, but left having discovered his talents as a silk-screen artist. He works both as an illustrator and a comic book artist. His work, which is inspired by vintage design, mixes old printing methods with new interpretations and techniques. An illustrator of graphic genius, he received the prestigious Golden Letter Award in 2009 for best book design throughout the world.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Angie
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2014
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I love BlexBolex! I have many of his other zines and books. He has such a distinct style and yet he can design people in so many different ways. I love referencing him for color and seeing how he overlapped shapes to create a second or third color as well as seeing how he used negatives as a shape too. It's great for people interested in making illustrative prints for silkscreen. I bet it would look even nicer if it was screenprinted, but this laser printed copy is still awesome. The paper quality really helps the color.

The delivery of this book took ridiculously long, but it was well worth the wait.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful and Long-Lasting Impression...
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2015
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A beautiful, beautiful book by a very smart and talented artist. I love how the illustrated relationships between people aren't always so obvious and that it requires some measure of critical thinking. This book really allows you to see the world and the people in it through the artist's eyes in a very endearing and charming way. I highly recommend this book. It is a basic staple in the library of someone who practices or appreciates art and design.

As for the negative reviews which I was quite surprised to find, they are completely unfounded.
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Jason
4.0 out of 5 stars Warning: May Not Be For Everyone
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2012
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As an adult, I loved this book. Each page has a beautiful, artistic illustration on it with a single word description. The nostalgic style of the illustrations is a refreshing change from most contemporary children's books.

When read through the book, you'll notice an association between the figures on the pages. For example, on the left page will be an illustration of a man looking through a microscope with the word BIOLOGIST, while on the right page there will be an illustration of a man looking though a giant telescope with the word ASTRONOMER. Initially the associations are easy and obvious, but as you progress they begin to become more complex.

As a parent, I still love the book, but I can see how others might be hesitant. There are illustrations that other parents might be uncomfortable explaining to their young children. For example: CORPSE, AMPUTEE, EXECUTIONER.

Every parenting style is different, but I will have no problem trying my best to explain these figures to my daughter when the time comes.
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Amanda
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2015
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I love this book. It instantly became a favorite at our house. My children are 4 and 5 and were so interested in it. I even love how they added things like corpse, smoker, slave, and nudest along with princess, doctor, and knight. It brought up a lot of questions which brought on a lot of conversations. I'm also under the mindset that my kids should know the ugly in the world as well as the good. There were even some mythical creatures and spiritual creatures.
If you like books that inspire thinking then you should definitely get this book.
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Megan Rickers
1.0 out of 5 stars Shocking
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2013
I cannot believe this book. I would hope no one would allow their child to read this book. It features mostly "pink" people. On the few pages you do see a brown character, it is for something such as "DJ" or even "Slave", which features a black woman figure with a rope around her ankle. I was shocked to see this particular image. Please, find something else for the children.
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M. V. W.
5.0 out of 5 stars Weird and Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019
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I love the illustrations, which appear to be silkscreens. There is one image and one word per page. And, many of the words that are illustrated start interesting conversations with my 3 y.o. For instance, I had to explain the difference between a robber and a cat burglar. I can't think where else this would have come up!
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Nicole Delger
5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the "people" are pretty advanced topics (cadaver
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2016
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This book is really rad! my 18-month old loves it. Some of the "people" are pretty advanced topics (cadaver, beggar, etc.) but I think it'll be good to open that conversation when she's older.
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Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2011
An enormous, 100+ page book of drawings of people. Bachelors and babies. Friends and foes. Biologists and astronomers. All kinds of people. Here together in the same enormous book. Happily together in the same enormous book.

" COP
ROBBER
FLIGHT ATTENDANT
CAT BURGLAR
MESSENGER
BUSINESS MAN
BUILDER
DEMOLISHER"
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Eunon
4.0 out of 5 stars Preciosas ilustraciones.
Reviewed in Spain on December 20, 2016
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Las ilustraciones están genial. La contraposición de conceptos es interesante, aunque algunos son un tanto complejos para niños muy pequeños.
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Matthew Hagan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book from a great illustrator
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2015
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Love this book. This is my first Blexbolex book, and it's not going to be my last. I was originally looking to buy Blexbolex's Seasons, but seeing this was an earlier release, I opted for this instead. It's a great coffee table book. Found myself flicking through again and again. Plus this is easily the best price around.
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AcousticMotorbike
5.0 out of 5 stars bellissimo
Reviewed in Italy on March 26, 2014
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il libro è molto carino. Ora credo che ne esista anche una traduzione italiana, però la versione originale (in realtà credo sia una traduzione dal francese) può essere utile per insegnare qualche parola di inglese..
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Hilary
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book that can be used on so many levels ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2015
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A great book that can be used on so many levels by many kinds of people. I felt free to make up my own story to connect the pictures and follow the various spontaneous interests of my twins.
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C Passino
1.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to give a label
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2017
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Taste is subjective, this is certainly an attractive book image wise, but why such poor newsprint quality paper and the wide stitching showing? Perhaps a misguided attempt at emulating the paper the prints were originally printed on? Certainly a conundrum as to who the reader is, or what age this book is aimed at, big bold images on the page make the book look ‘arty’ as a crossover book for pre- school children and adults but in our case it didn’t work for either age group.
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