Customer Reviews

The Neat Line: Scribbling Through Mother Goose

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My 4/almost 5 yr. old and I love this book. Yes, it is simple but for this age (3-6), it is perfect. The illustrations are clear and though there are 2 story lines (the nursery rhyme and the line's interaction with the characters) it's easy to follow, easy to read aloud to the child and the pages are uncluttered. With it's familiar text and some repeated lines it will have your child chiming in to provide lines (and possibly even reading along with you) in no time. The line's rescues reminded us of the Super Readers on PBS. Now when we read a particularly sad or scary Mother Goose Rhyme we can think of ways the line would help and change the story.

Our young reviewers liked this clever tale of a line that changes shape to save Mother Goose characters from ruin, but think it best for a younger audience. They advise parents to share nursery rhymes with their kindergarteners and first graders before reading this silly bedtime story. Second graders predict the younger listeners will find the hero line helpful and hardworking, and will enjoy the resourceful rescues made for Little Boy Blue, Jack and Jill and Mary, Mary. Our seven- and eight -year-olds thought the simply-drawn illustrations worked well with the simple rhymes and would appeal to sleepy youngsters, as would the page borders creating a book within a book. In order to draw an older audience, the author is encouraged to add more sticky situations featuring Humpty Dumpty, Mary and Her Little Lamb or the Cow Jumping Over the Moon in any planned sequels.