Technical specs
Original title: Trocoscópio
32 pages / 215 x 195 mm
ISBN: 9789898145253 / RRP: 12,50€
1st edition: September 2010
© Rights sold: Brazilian Portuguese
Swaposcope
(Portuguese edition)
What might this strange word mean?
Is it the name of a fish with wonky eyes? SWAPOSCOPE
Or is it what we call someone who is constantly changing their mind?
No, it’s nothing like that.
The Swaposcope is the invention of the century: a fabulous machine that can change the world, shuffling its parts and setting them back down, arranging everything in new and unexpected configurations.
If there are things you think need changing, take a look at the Swaposcope and press the button.
Technical specs
Original title: Trocoscópio
32 pages / 215 x 195 mm
ISBN: 9789898145253 / RRP: 12,50€
1st edition: September 2010
© Rights sold: Brazilian Portuguese
Awards and recognitions
Recommended – Gulbenkian/Casas da Leitura
Selected – Best Portuguese Book Designs 2010-2013, catalogue and exhibition (2015)
Recommended – National Reading Plan (Portugal)
Finalist – 4th CJ Picture Book Festival (Korea)
What they say
Decoding the shapes that make up the image is the name of the game here. But, as a good picture book, the carefully constructed visual aspect doesn’t limit itself to being that alone, and the game becomes a coded message.(…) A book without words but with an ethical intention which is plain to see and well worth exploring.
Andreia Brites, Os meus Livros magazine, December 2010
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