The Line - Hardcover

Bossio, Paula

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 189478684X ISBN 13: 9781894786843

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2013

Synopsis

A little girl stumbles onto a line ... and endless possibilities for fun! With a twist and a shake of the line, it becomes a slide, a giant bubble or even a jungle vine. But what -- or who -- could be at the other end?

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Review:

Bassio's wordless story celebrates childhood fun, from the way the girl sticks out her tongue at the vanquished dragon to the smudges reproduced all over the pages.―Publishers Weekly

Bossio's scratchy, unkempt style gives the figures a sense of frenetic excitement and animation, and the backgrounds include vague shadows of scribbles and smears, all of which lends the sense of something handmade, a work of unfettered imagination.―Booklist Online

The Line will help some young readers free their imaginations and produce their own story adventures. A teacher might want to have children respond to the book by laying out lines of yarn and seeing what each child can create. The book could also inspire children to see what their own sketchbook doodles might transform into.―CM Magazine

The Line subtly sparks a child's imagination. The book doesn't have to tell you to put away your iPad, it shows you just why you don't need it: a child's wonder is far more interesting.―The Washington Post

From Booklist:

Ever since Harold took his purple crayon out for a ride, tots in picture books have been using the elements of the very pages they inhabit for postmodern explorations of imagination. The little girl here starts her flight of fancy when she comes across a pencil line and instantly whips it into a slide. The fun progresses through an inventive array of possibilities until the line seems to take on a mind of its own, growing into the outline of a monstrous creature with an appetite for tykes. The creature is driven away in the nick of time, however, by a friendlier beast, and we start to suspect that the girl is being told a story rather than just creating one, an idea born out by a surprise on the last page. Bossio’s scratchy, unkempt style gives the figures a sense of frenetic excitement and animation, and the backgrounds include vague shadows of scribbles and smears, all of which lends the sense of something handmade, a work of unfettered imagination. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Jesse Karp

About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 189478684X
• ISBN 13: 9781894786843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bossio Paula