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An eight inch-long horizontal gash runs across each double-page spread of Lee’s wordless board book about lines. The line is narrow and unchanging except for the illustrations around it. The first page pictures an arrow. Then the line changes into a coat hanger, a seesaw, and a topping into a hamburger. When I asked kids what it was, they said onion or cheese. The answer is open-ended.
Chopsticks pick up noodles, and a diving board hovers over a pool of water. What I thought was a picture of three people carrying a piece of plywood, the children thought was a rope for playing tug of war. This book allows children to read the page and to look for other lines that make up the objects in the scene. The title, Lines Everywhere, really does fit this story.
As an extension activity, children can describe how the lines differ or point out the short lines, slanted lines, or curved lines that make the main picture more interesting (the fried egg being flipped above the frying pan). The book can also be opened flat to reveal the line connecting the image on the front and back cover.
When I did this book for storytime, I asked the children what line they would include in the book. Their answers showed they were paying attention and they got the idea of “line”.
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Tanya Boudreau/2016 for curled
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Lines Everywhere (Jimi Lee Board Books)