Laura Ljungkvist

Author/artist Laura Ljungkvist instructs the reader to follow her line, leading them on a journey through the city traffic, across the ocean, under the sea, up into the sky, into the forest, through a small village, and toward a small house where many people are sleeping. On each two-page spread, the reader is further instructed to look for and count various objects and animals...

The first of four picture-books in this vein, in which Ljungkvist uses her continuous line to create her illustrations, and to lead the reader on a "search and find" journey, Follow the Line works quite well as a counting book, and will provide young children who enjoy this sort of thing with quite a bit of enjoyment. These sorts of books aren't my personal favorite, when it comes to picture-books - I tend to get bored with the "hunt for the image" titles - but there's no doubt that Ljungkvist has produced an engaging example of the type. Recommended to young children who enjoys books like Where's Waldo.… (más)