Let's Make Faces: with audio recording

by Hanoch Piven

Learn how to find faces in unexpected places using everyday objects in this interactive guide to cultivating creativity, from globally acclaimed portrait artist Hanoch PivenThere are so many faces to discover in our world! All you have to do is look. Is a button just a button? Or is it an eye? That stick of gum sure looks like a mouth. How about some old yarn, unraveled from a scarf—that could be hair. Put all these objects together and you can make a face!Join internationally renowned portrait artist Hanoch Piven on a delightful, artistic journey to reimagine the everyday world into facial fun in this instructive, illustrated guide.

Genres: Picture Books, Art, Nonfiction, Childrens

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 6, 2013

Reviews

[☼Bookish in Virginia☼ · Rating 3 out of 5]

LET'S MAKE FACES would be a cute book to share with children. The author takes all sorts of items and uses them to make faces. Sometimes the faces are obvious, and sometimes they are obscured in a field of objects.

The obscured faces let children practice scanning. The face examples can help get their creative juices flowing, so that you can provide 'the objects' and the child and you can make art.

One other thing you could do with this book is to use it with very young children to name things. There are all sorts of fruits, vegetables, and plant materials shown in this book, as well as such diverse objects as chairs, shoes, sinks and bolts.

At the end of the book there are some ideas on how make your own faces. But honestly it causes me some concern that someone is suggesting a hot glue gun, wire, and pliers for children to use. Although I suppose it would fine if an adult was assisting.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Young readers will love this exercise in visual creativity. The author/illustrator takes them through their paces, starting with several common household objects that seem to contain faces. Then, he encourages them to look carefully at fruits, veggies, tools, gardens, and other spots. After gathering these neat objects together, readers create their own faces from what they have in front of them. The book offers a good activity for visual literacy and offers directions for how to start. In today's test-heavy climate, having a book such as this one is a breath of fresh air. Some of the creations are exceptionally clever while others are not surprising. The book contains large digital photographs as examples.

[Margaret Chind · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let's Make Faces is a great art inspirational tool in a book. Great for getting kids to open up their imagination and discover. Hanoch Piven's art is a great suggestive guide to any art project to get kids involved in any age. Definitely fabulous for my kindergarten!

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[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is really cute. I'm reading it to my story time crowd tomorrow too, even though the craft idea uses parts too small for their ages. I'll just have them use paper or crayons to draw faces on their paper plates. So even though the book is short enough to read to younger kids, older kids (4-7) would probably like it too for the craftiness. I can see this book being perfect for a rainy day indoor activity fest.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everyday objects are combined to create one-of-a-kind faces. Readers should be inspired to make their own creations and fans of the Walter Wick's and Lois Ehlert's books should also enjoy this title. PreK-2.

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love all of Hanoch Piven's illustrations where he makes faces out of everyday materials. This book teaches kids how to find faces everywhere and how to assemble their own. This book would make a fantastic library program unto itself!

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book will stir up the creative juices in many a young budding artist. He presents ideas for creating faces using fruits, vegetables, tools, household items, and nature items; then gives examples of the kinds of faces that can be created.

[Tracie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author guides the reader through a new way of looking at everyday objects, showing how ordinary household materials can be arranged into all sorts of faces. This book provides a great jumping-off point for art projects, and has plenty of potential for classroom activities and library programs.

[Clarissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read aloud for the very young. The author makes pictures of faces out of various household items: fruits and vegetables, magnets, necklaces, bolts, etc. At the end the reader is challenged to make some faces too.

[Paula Hollohan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Use this in your K-1 class to make faces out of found objects. Would be great as a center. I like books that use real photographs and objects to create the art. A great place for your kids to start. K-3 classroom.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I prefer his other books ... so if you can't get all of them start with My Dog. For what it is it could still be fun to look at.

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

a tad boring for me

[Kendra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the encouragement to play with objects. I can see this being a great activity for storytime or at home on a rainy day.

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great book to use as a jumping off place for an art project.

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a fun/goofy book. Perfect transition to craft/program.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book to encourage creative play and thinking.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun and creative illustrations accompany this text that inspires young readers to create faces out of a variety of materials.

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Could be used in storytime and paired with a "making faces" craft

[Lindsay · Rating 2 out of 5]

Uhhh...not sure how comfortable I am with this encouraging kids to play with saws? Would have liked a disclaimer, even just at the very end?

[Josie B.]

A great book to introduce collage to preschoolers. I could see using this with 3-5 year olds. Making a note to revisit it in summer.

[Miss Janis the Storytime Lady · Rating 2 out of 5]

meh. maybe for an art-based program.