Click!: A Book About Cameras and Taking Pictures

by Gail Gibbons

Provides young readers with a comprehensive guide to the art of photography through simple text and full-color illustrations, complete with helpful hints and creative ideas, as well as a basic introduction to lighting, framing, and camera parts.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

From gailgibbons.com: I was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1944. Even as a little child, I was always busy putting books together. Sometimes I would bind them with yarn to hold the pages together. I've always loved drawing and painting. I was also a very curious child. My parents tell me that I was always asking lots and lots of questions.

Later, I went on to the University of Illinois, where I studied graphic design. Then I moved to New York City, where I got a job doing artwork for television shows. Eventually I was asked to do the artwork for a children's show. While doing that show, some of the children asked me if I had ever thought of doing children's books. My mind immediately recalled how much I enjoyed doing that type of thing when I was a child. So I put an idea for a book together and right away a publisher bought it. That book was called Willy and His Wheel Wagon. Since then, over 170 books that I have written and illustrated have been published. The type of books I write are non-fiction books. This is because I love researching so much. I get to ask lots of questions, just like when I was a kid. I also get to travel and meet lots of interesting people. While doing research for my book Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests, I traveled to two islands where there are tropical rain forests, Saba and Dominica. I also had a great time writing and illustrating the book. I get a lot of pleasure from doing the type of work I do.

Reviews

[(NS) Becca · Rating 3 out of 5]

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I didn't realize until after I selected this book how outdated it really is. It is a book from 1997 (oops!) and it is funny how quickly it has come out of style. It does not even mention digital cameras once, but it might actually be a nice book to explain to children what cameras used to be like, not so long ago. It is very informative and uses good pictures (though not real photos) to explain how to work a camera. I could have learned a lot from the book had it not been so outdated.

[Michelle Leonard · Rating 4 out of 5]

My niece chose this book from her school library and shared it with me (my photo madness must be rubbing off on her). I thought it was very neat how it introduces kids to photography and some of the details it involves such as the various features on cameras and how a photo is made. It's a bit outdated now as it doesn't include any info on digital cameras. A great book for the budding photographer.

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

a bit dated but viv really enjoyed finding out how a camera works and how film is developed.