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Line 135 (2013)

by Germano Zullo(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1452119341 (ISBN13: 9781452119342)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Chronicle Books

review 1: One of the USBBY's 2014 Outstanding International Books. The Swiss author and illustrator give us a book that is unique in it's horizontal and slightly shorter layout. Fanciful black ink drawings, with the train (line 135) being the only thing in color, stretch across two page openings throughout the book. The text is neatly tucked into the book at the bottom of each page. The train is lime and avocado green with orange doors. Drawings of urban, industrial, suburban, and whimsical backgrounds as the little girl speeds from the city to the country to visit her grandmother. Along the way, she muses that she will always travel and go everywhere! I would use this book to talk about transportation, travel, families, and for a discussion and mentor text of different book layouts... more, and the fact that our drawings in fictional writing can be quite exaggerated or whimsical to add effect.
review 2: A little girl journeys via train from her mother’s home in the city to her grandmother’s home in the country. She passes through enchanted lands, underscoring that she may know more about the wonders of the world than the two adult women in her life. Or at least she may be more optimistic than they are. The black line art is quirky and unusual in a welcoming way, as it’s juxtaposed with the neon colors of the train passing through.Lovely. Modern and yet timeless, too. less

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