Follow the Line Around the World

by Laura Ljungkvist

Overview

Follow the line from the camels of the Sahara Desert to the blue whales of Greenland, from the giraffes of Kenya's grasslands to the kangaroos of Australia's Outback. This new Follow the Line book?illustrated in Laura Ljungkvist's signature line style?takes young children around the world to see animals in their natural habitats. With informative facts and a gentle environmental message, Follow the Line Around the World is sure to appeal to those interested in taking better care of the earth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101642801
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	05/15/2008
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	13 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Laura Ljungkvist is a Swedish artist whose editorial work has appeared in The New York and Harper's Bazaar.  This is her third book for children.  She now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2

In Ljungkvist's third "Follow the Line" story, readers are again led on a journey, and, this time, the twists and turns take them around the globe. Children first meet the line on the cover where it sets the stage to travel from Kenya to Greenland, the Sahara Desert, the Amazon Rainforest, and other places before going into outer space. On each spread, readers are given a wide range of facts about the location. This book will delight children as they follow the line and gather information about Sri Lanka where "Sea turtles can live to be over 80 years old" to the Russian taiga with its "Evergreens shaped like cones, so snow can easily slide off their branches." While this picture book lacks a traditional storytelling format, it will likely delight children who are in awe of its graphic venture around the world.-Susannah Richards, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT

School Library Journal

In a natural follow-up to Follow the Line (2006) and Follow the Line Through the House (2007), Ljungkvist runs a new continuous black line from the front cover through each continent, back to New York City, into space for a gander at the universe, then onto the rear cover to spell out a cheery "Hej då" ("bye-bye" in Swedish). Along the way that versatile line draws easily recognizable giraffes and elephants, cacti, camels, kangaroos and polar bears-all mingling with pale-hued images of flora and fauna in silkscreen-style settings and captioned with scattered bits of natural history: "Camels have big padded feet to help them walk on the soft, hot sand." Retracing the entire itinerary across a map on the final spread, she closes with a plea to "Help save the animals and keep the air clean, / the water pure, and the forests green." Like its predecessors, this offers at once a challenging exercise for budding artists and a satisfying journey for armchair travelers. (Picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews