Between the Lines
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Between the Lines
By (Author) Lindsay Ward
Illustrated by Lindsay Ward
Amazon Publishing
Two Lions
1st October 2021
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Physical Properties
Hardback
48
Description
Age range 5 to 9
With vibrant art that shifts to a colorless world and back again, this is a story of a community lost and rediscoveredand how one childs actions can cascade into something that makes all the difference.
A young boy who loves his community notices that as neighbors stop interacting, the colors around them slowly fade. Then a thunderstorm sweeps away the last hints of bluebird skies and lemon-Popsicle days and leaves a rift in the road that doesnt get fixed. As the adults around him move on, the boy dreams of the way life once was. He decides that he doesnt want to live in a world without color, so he sets out to change things
Reviews
A vibrant neighborhood loses its color, literally, as the community becomes fractured. Kirkus Reviews The illustrationsbring the atmosphere and ideas of the story to life. The depictions of both isolation and community in a dense urban neighborhood are poignant, especially after a year when COVID-19 forced people worldwide to forgo, and then to reinvent, community togetherness. Booklist An impressively original, charmingly entertaining, and memorably illustrated picture book story for children ages 4-8, Between the Lines is unreservedly recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library collections for young readers. Midwest Book Review
Author Bio
Lindsay Ward is the creator of the Dexter T. Rexter series as well as Scooper and Dumper; Rosie: Stronger than Steel; This Book Is Gray; Brobarians; Helping Hospital; Rosco vs. the Baby; The Importance of Being 3; and the Wheels on the Go series. Her book Please Bring Balloons was also made into a play. Lindsay lives with her family in Peninsula, Ohio. Learn more about her at www.lindsaymward.com.
