Synopses & Reviews
As a baby, a young scribble begins to draw. As a grown-up
Neat Line, it discovers a special talent.
Wriggling into a book of nursery rhymes, the Neat Line knows just how to help the troubled characters it meets, including a sleepy Little Boy Blue who needs his horn to summon the sheep and cows. And before the day is done, there's an ever-cranky Miss Muffet's menacing spider to scare off.
Pamela Duncan Edwards and Diana Cain Bluthenthal pair up for a clever visual journey through the classic rhymes of childhood.
Review
“A thoroughly satisfying journey.” School Library Journal (starred review)
About the Author
Pamela Duncan Edwards is the author of numerous popular picture books, including
Livingstone Mouse; Roar! A Noisy Counting Book; Some Smug Slug; The Worrywarts; Clara Caterpillar; Wake-Up Kisses; Rosie's Roses; The Leprechaun's Gold; and
Gigi and Lulu's Gigantic Fight, all illustrated by Henry Cole; as well as
Dear Tooth Fairy, illustrated by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick;
McGillycuddy Could!, illustrated by Sue Porter; and
The Neat Line, illustrated by Diana Cain Bluthenthal. She lives in Virginia.
Diana Cain Bluthenthal, author-illustrator of I'm Not Invited?, is an accomplished children's illustrator. “I can draw children's thoughts and feelings,” she says. She attributes her inspiration to her own life andher imagination. This is her sixteenth book. She lives with her husband, two young sons, two dogs, two pet rats, a small green snake named Ribbons, and some fish in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.