LINES, SQUIGGLES, LETTERS, WORDS

(Hardback)

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Age range 3 to 6

This book is sensitively illustrated to show precisely how a child might see and the evolution of their sight.

A child who has not yet learned how to read looks out atthe world and sees language as such a child would: as lines and squiggles that don't exactly make pictures but don't seem to make anything else either. Then, whenthe childstarts to go toschool and begins to learn his letters, his way of seeing begins tochange.

Reviews

"It's a smart, thoughtful chronicle of learning in action, and it would pair well with Sergio's Ruzzier's recent This Is Not a Picture Book! for discussions about how literacy transforms the unfamiliar into the known. Ages 3--6. (Nov.)" -- Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Ruth Rocha is a Brazilian children's book writer, and one of the leading exponents of the new wave of Brazilian children's literature. She debuted in the literary field in 1967, writing articles for several magazines on education. In 1976, she published her first book entitled Palavras Muitas Palavras. Her current work has more than 130 published titles, 500 editions and translations to over 25 languages; also, it has sold about 17.5 million copies in Brazil and 2.5 million copies overseas.