The Line

Share this imaginative redo of Harold and the Purple Crayon alongside Browne's Big Bear Book to share with students the joys of imaginative play. With a line, the little girl engages in all kinds of play - jumping rope, blowing bubbles, rolling hoops -- and confronts conflict too. What's this looming pencil-drawn monster looming and where did he come from? The end of the book where the little girl is sticking out her tongue at something gives a clue and the reader finds out on the last page. This adds another layer of meaning that the aforementioned books don't have.

Similar to Harold and the Purple Crayon, a young girl begins by drawing a line on the floor. Soon the line is a wave, then a monster that almost eats her until she is saved by a drawing of a bear. There is a young boy at the end of the book that may have "saved" her with the bear, or may be picking up the pencil to start his own story.

This would be a great book to pair with Harold and the Purple Crayon. If read before, focus could be drawn to the way the lines tell the story. If read after, students could be encouraged to write words to match the story (like they do in Harold).

Great for young readers and writers - I use in my wordless book bin to help illustrate that children can both read and write before children are facile with reading and writing utilizing words.

The Line tells a story with pictures of a young girl playing with a line. She uses her imagination to make the line into different objects.

Another great read by Paula Bossio, and this will make it to where to others are more engaged to a cause and effect story. Younger kids can make a relationship to the story and do more cause and effect stories or scenarios.

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? - Amazon

This book is one that I use to pre-teach art lessons.

A young girl uses a simple pencil line to create all kinds of cool pictures!
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