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A puzzle, a work of art, and a collection of classic American songs, all in an innovative book by one of the world''s foremost contemporary artists.

Every page of this book is filled with secret code. It seems like Chinese calligraphy, but it’s not. It seems like you can’t read it, but you can. Once the pieces of the puzzle start falling into place, you will understand it all. And some of it may even strike you as strangely familiar . . . 

Twelve traditional American songs, such as Take Me Out to the Ball Game and Yankee Doodle, as well as five classic songs from Chinese culture, are written here in artist Xu Bing''s unique square word calligraphy, which uses one-block words made of English letters. From a distance, these pieces are beautiful but unintelligible art. Up close, they are a mystery just waiting to be solved—like the fine art version of Magic Eye.

For readers ages 7 and up, Look! What Do You See?

Look What Do You See

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    A Hardback by Bing Xu, Becca Stadtlander

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      Publisher Penguin USA
      Published 7 November 2017
      ISBN-13 9780451473776
      978-0451473776
      ISBN-10 0451473779

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A puzzle, a work of art, and a collection of classic American songs, all in an innovative book by one of the world''s foremost contemporary artists.

      Every page of this book is filled with secret code. It seems like Chinese calligraphy, but it’s not. It seems like you can’t read it, but you can. Once the pieces of the puzzle start falling into place, you will understand it all. And some of it may even strike you as strangely familiar . . . 

      Twelve traditional American songs, such as Take Me Out to the Ball Game and Yankee Doodle, as well as five classic songs from Chinese culture, are written here in artist Xu Bing''s unique square word calligraphy, which uses one-block words made of English letters. From a distance, these pieces are beautiful but unintelligible art. Up close, they are a mystery just waiting to be solved—like the fine art version of Magic Eye.

      For readers ages 7 and up, Look! What Do You See?

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