A simple wooden seesaw, drawn as a long wooden rectangle on top of a circular fulcrum, is the location for all of the action in this story. Large and small animals gather on each side in random configurations, causing the seesaw to pivot from one side to the other. Eventually, the animal towers on both sides topple, and reassemble in a Tetris-like manner, resulting in a perfectly balanced seesaw.
This book is assembled as one extremely long piece of folded paper that loosely sits between the front and back covers. It can be removed with ease, and unfolded completely to create one long scene, but there doesn't seem to be any advantage in doing so. Perhaps that is just the style of this printing?
L'Altalena [The Seesaw] by Enzo Mari. Italy: Corraini, 2001. [9788887942231]
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