Customer Reviews

Making Faces

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The people who commented on it being inappropriate for children and gave this book a low rating have very little understanding of the way children think and react to this kind of thing. I have had this book in my lobby for about 6 years and among about 600 kids of all ages this is probably their favorite book. THey LOVE the absurd pictures. Yes, some of them appear violent, but they are certainly no more 'violent' than your average cartoon and any kid understands that these images aren't real. I've never had any child start to cry or get upset or any negative reaction as a result of flipping through this book. It is a fun book that kids can play with for a long time and make a wide variety of odd faces. What is also cool about this is that you wind up with the same face in profile and a straight on shot on opposite pages. There is also a lot of detail going on in the background. Hours of fun. Great book.

Eight faces in this book are cut into sections, and by flipping the sections back and forth, you can mix-and-match the features. The faces range from pleasant to silly to bizarre, and are really rather amusing. Unlike other customers who have reviewed this book, I would have no hesitation giving it to a young child. Even the grotesque drawings are clearly not serious--children have a better understanding of real and imaginary than they are given credit for--and because of the nature of the book, it is entirely up to the reader which faces and features are chosen... a very positive and liberating aspect. One thing I particularly like is that you get to see a front and side view of each face you've made. One thing I would have preferred to see is faces of different colors.

When I was a kid, I loved books that had their pages cut into stips because it was creative fun. For example, you could create your own animal (legs of a pig, body of a bird, head of an elephant) and then with the flip of a page, the whole thing changed again. The book, Making Faces, does that with a face. It starts out with a lady, then a man, another woman, and by the end of the book it's to scary people with pointed tonges, tattoos, and safety-pin earings. The book is very creative and the artwork is excellent, however, I would not recomend it for kids. Making part-man, part-female faces and part-conservative, part-almost satanic features into one face belongs in the adult section, not the kids. It was almost too discusting and disturbing for me. I would love to see a book by the same author/artist that is better directed towards children! Teenagers in today's world would probably love it.

This book was an absolute favorite of my children and now I am buying it for my grandchildren. It was amazingly in wonderful condition - much better than the one I had from the kids childhood. Thanks for sending it soooo promptly.

I purchased this book at a used book store. Since we had 2 other books by the same illustrator and publisher that my kids loved (and the material was appropriate), I didn't look all the way through the pages to examine them. When we got home, I was shocked to see the nails and daggers and disturbing characters in the latter part of the book. But my son had already looked at it all on the way home, in the backseat. He didn't seem too upset with the pictures, but I didn't like them and didn't want him viewing them over and over. He obviously wasn't going to let up on his death-grip of the book to let me put it away. So I waited until he was asleep, and glued the objectionable flaps together, leaving the "nice" pictures alone. He wasn't too upset by this. He was just told that those pictures weren't good for him to see and that he could continue looking at the other pictures. Problem solved. The other 2 "face books" by Messenger, we didn't have a problem with. They were great. And when we go out and the kids have them, people often comment on them and ask where we got them. And older kids (teens and preteens), do get a kick out of them also.

The horror of some of the pictures is absolutely ridiculous. The author could have made just as many "funny" or "silly" pictures without being disturbing and grotesque. This is not appropriate for anyone. It could possible give young children horrible ideas and could end up hurting themselves or others.

Honestly, this is horrible with a dagger in the neck, nails in the head, screw through the nose, and safety pins in the ears. We are extremely dissatisfied with this book. The 4-8 year old rating is incorrect and extremely misleading. This is definitely for.... well, noone.