Follow the Line

The book is based on an interesting concept - following a line through the pages and answering questions regarding the pictures through the text. It would probably be good for children 5-12 (although I haven't tested this as yet).

Seemingly effortless in its concept and visuals; exceptionally brilliant in the whole. Readers are irresistibly compelled not only to follow but to count, play, stop, observe, start/stop, and marvel in Laura Ljungkvist's flowing, shifting, and wonderfully incessant line. Impossible to refrain from page turning, even though each spread is a visual feast you could gorge on all day. Ljungkvist's actual line quality is so tactile and raw but with no shortage of grace and movement.

I am a graphic designer and was blown away with ideas and an illustrations in this beautifuly imagined and designed book. Each spread contains riddles to get your child excercise and develop observing and counting skills. A gem.

WOW! This is a book that will inspire and intrigue students to "follow the line." It's not just any line; it is a line that has a life of its own. After reading the book aloud to my students, it has not been back on the shelf! The children are amazed that it is one very complex line throughout the book that includes people and objects and animals. The added questions are like "I Spy." Older students in grade 4 are practicing their "cursive" with one line. Others wrote a book about biomes and illustrated it with just one line! There are any number of activities you can follow up with after reading this book. My students absolutely love it. Laura Ljungkvist is a gifted illustrator and a talent to watch. This book is unique and a real treat!

Laura Ljungkvist is a wonderful author/illustrator, and she has outdone herself with her third book, Follow the Line. I highly recommend that all parents include this book in their home libraries. I always buy books for children's occasions, and this is the book I keep on hand to give any child because it appeals to all. The narrative follows in the tradition of Margaret Wise Brown's classics. The words are simple and elicit conversation between child and reader. The pictures are graphic, simple and bright, and they captivate even the youngest children. Older children enjoy "following the line". With imaginative and innovative illustration, this book is a technical feat. Follow the Line will introduce early readers to the concept of following the stories left to right, through the pages, to the end. Children will gain pre-reading skills and not even be aware of it. Buy this book, enjoy this book, and give this book.