A Squiggly Story

Reviewed by: Mary Peverada - Portland Public Library, Portland, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 18, 2017

Review

The imagination and creativity of the pre-literate protagonist assists him in developing his own story. He knows his letters and makes many squiggles on a page - but his older sister who loves words and reading is writing her own stories. He knows letters but cannot make words with them. But his sister becomes his coach and prods him along to a story - beginning, middle and end. This is pretty message driven and his sister provides all of the right prompts. Also, his friends start stretching their imaginations by seeing the young boy's story emerge. Hard to see this as a popular story time book - but should be popular with kindergarten teachers and others.

Overall Book Score: good