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Doodle, decide, and demolish your way out of history's greatest events. This new series is Choose Your Own Adventure meets I Survived meets doodle book!
Reader, beware! Once you open this book, there is no turning back. You will have three chances to survive the Titanic's fateful voyage. Decide which path to take first.
Passenger Exploring the ship is fun! Just don't get caught on the wrong deck when there's an iceberg ahead!
Crew Member You work for a family in first class. Can you persuade them to save you along with their beloved dog?
Stowaway You snuck onto this ship. Can you draw your way onto a lifeboat?
In the Escape This Book! series, YOU are the star of history! Doodle your way through adventures as you decide the best path for survival. Don't be afraid to rip or fold a page. . . . Your escape may depend on it!
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"I got this book for my grandson who is in the gifted program for fourth grade. He has a quick mind but is also mildly ADHD. The premise of the book sounded like something he would like and he is familiar with the Titanic and has watched various documentaries about it. I received an advance reader’s copy but I don’t see how the final copy could be that different.
My grandson is in the bottom of the recommended age/grade group. In my opinion, this is too complicated for a third grader, and a seventh grader would be insulted to be asked to draw a passenger with a bowl of noodles on his head.
We went through the book together and I decided to help him with the first option which is the chance to save yourself if you are a second-class passenger. (The other two options are a crew member or a stowaway).
Obviously, the book is very interactive. Unfortunately (in our case) it requires a lot of drawing which is neither a talent nor an inclination we possess. Furthermore, we find it rather distracting because it’s difficult to establish a strategy or a line of thought if you’re constantly instructed to draw this, look for that, tear and fold this page, or move back and forth in the pagination.
I had assumed that there were three distinct choices and that all the information that you would need to solve the problem would be contained in that section. But, no, you go back and forth and are constantly distracted by author’s comments and instructions such as “follow that kid.†Important notes are written in a different font on white space and sometimes upside down.
For us, this was not a successful experiment. We both would have preferred more structure and sequence. However, since different minds process information differently, I can well see that many would find the tension created by the off-script comments stimulating instead of distracting.
Another unusual feature is that the book is written in the first person, with urgent and intelligent humor, breaking the fourth wall constantly. While this does create and “we are in this together†mood, the pace is rushed (as one might expect when your ship sinking) it doesn’t allow for much time to define your options and think individually.
Having exhausted the negatives, let’s get to the positives—and there are many:
-- The book is a font of fascinating trivia—even for an adult. I’ve learned things that I didn’t know before. The business of going to this page and that page acquaints you with facts that you would not have come across if the book was sectioned the way I imagined it would.
--If you give up on the idea of following one path or the other, the book is a fascinating page-turner, jam-packed with interesting information.
--The line drawings are also very interesting and give you a good idea of how the ship was laid out, the scale and design, and how it operated.
--There are lots of irrelevant fun facts—things not necessary to know in order to save yourself, but interesting or even-mind boggling nevertheless."
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Escape This Book! Titanic Bill Doyle Sarah Sax 9780525644200 Books Reviews :
Escape This Book! Titanic Bill Doyle Sarah Sax 9780525644200 Books Reviews
- I bought this for my grandson who is infatuated with the story of the Titanic, however, this was not a story, it was more like a picture book where you had to fill in parts of the story. Very disappointed!
- This was a gift.
- My daughter loved this book and is a reluctant reader! She was engaged for hours! My son can’t wait for his to arrive in the mail.
- It’s so fun!! You wouldn’t be able to reread/reuse it, but it’s been great! But we’re drawing in it and tearing it up! My son loves it!
- Part activities, part choose your own adventure style. My 8 year old enjoyed the book and asked me to get the next one.
- I got this book for my grandson who is in the gifted program for fourth grade. He has a quick mind but is also mildly ADHD. The premise of the book sounded like something he would like and he is familiar with the Titanic and has watched various documentaries about it. I received an advance reader’s copy but I don’t see how the final copy could be that different.
My grandson is in the bottom of the recommended age/grade group. In my opinion, this is too complicated for a third grader, and a seventh grader would be insulted to be asked to draw a passenger with a bowl of noodles on his head.
We went through the book together and I decided to help him with the first option which is the chance to save yourself if you are a second-class passenger. (The other two options are a crew member or a stowaway).
Obviously, the book is very interactive. Unfortunately (in our case) it requires a lot of drawing which is neither a talent nor an inclination we possess. Furthermore, we find it rather distracting because it’s difficult to establish a strategy or a line of thought if you’re constantly instructed to draw this, look for that, tear and fold this page, or move back and forth in the pagination.
I had assumed that there were three distinct choices and that all the information that you would need to solve the problem would be contained in that section. But, no, you go back and forth and are constantly distracted by author’s comments and instructions such as “follow that kid.†Important notes are written in a different font on white space and sometimes upside down.
For us, this was not a successful experiment. We both would have preferred more structure and sequence. However, since different minds process information differently, I can well see that many would find the tension created by the off-script comments stimulating instead of distracting.
Another unusual feature is that the book is written in the first person, with urgent and intelligent humor, breaking the fourth wall constantly. While this does create and “we are in this together†mood, the pace is rushed (as one might expect when your ship sinking) it doesn’t allow for much time to define your options and think individually.
Having exhausted the negatives, let’s get to the positives—and there are many
-- The book is a font of fascinating trivia—even for an adult. I’ve learned things that I didn’t know before. The business of going to this page and that page acquaints you with facts that you would not have come across if the book was sectioned the way I imagined it would.
--If you give up on the idea of following one path or the other, the book is a fascinating page-turner, jam-packed with interesting information.
--The line drawings are also very interesting and give you a good idea of how the ship was laid out, the scale and design, and how it operated.
--There are lots of irrelevant fun facts—things not necessary to know in order to save yourself, but interesting or even-mind boggling nevertheless. - If you’re one who can’t handle drawing doodles, folding, tearing, crumpling, and otherwise defacing a book for the sake of following the instructions of “get off the boat as fast as you canâ€, don’t get this book - it will only cause you anxiety. For those of you who enjoy solving puzzles, learning interesting facts, and choose your own adventure type books, this one is a great book for you. Escape This Book! Titanic Edition was very well received by the two resident kids of the house. Because they lean on the “can’t handle ruining a bookâ€, they ended up turning the book in various directions to read what would’ve happened had they torn a page, but they did end up doing some of the doodling activities within the pages of the book. This book has three main storylines to follow - that of a passenger, a crew member, or a stowaway. Your decisions help determine whether or not you survive the sinking of the Titanic. The book covered a dark subject, but did it in a way where it wasn’t scary - if you did happen to choose a “bad endingâ€, there’s a little gopher (“Go-pher!) who would send you back to a page to choose the other option so you could hopefully end up with the happy ending. The book is dotted with information about the ship, how lives for the people on the boat was, and with lot of activities to do. The kids had a great time going through the book over and over again to see the various paths to take and to find all the different puzzles to complete - there’s a lot of options, so it definitely kept them busy for quite some time. Because the kids wanted to complete the puzzles but keep the integrity of the book intact, we put a clear plastic sheet over the pages so the kids could draw on the plastic sheet using a felt tipped marker - this way they could still do the activity without actually drawing in the book. This was a fun and engaging book to read and something the whole family enjoyed. Overall, this was a very fun and engaging history book to read about the Titanic - we’re already looking forward to more books of this series to be released!
- I got a free copy of this book to review on my blog. We loved it (more specifically, my 9 year old loved it!) so I decided to review it here too. I grew up with choose-your-own adventure books so I was pretty drawn to the concept, but it does vary in some key ways--primarily in that kids have to doodle, write, and tear or cut along the way! My son was really disappointed to hear that the sequels aren't out yet, but relieved to hear at least 2 more are planned. My 9 year old isn't much of an artist, so I wasn't sure how into it he would be, but he just drew stick figures or whatever was within his ability and really enjoyed it! I think it was actually a really nice way for him to get more practice drawing with a purpose but without the pressure of a grade. My favorite part was when they asked what you would put on a 3 course menu. I am totally saving his hilarious answers to share with his future wife someday if he has one!
The only downside I can really see is that they don't lend themselves easily to being handed down--you would have to either use plastic sleeves like another reviewer mentioned or erase everything to be able to use it again. But I feel like even at full price they are pretty reasonably priced books so I'm ok with it.
Overall though this is one of the most exciting new series for kids I've seen in a long while and I definitely plan to buy some of the sequels!
