Lines That Wiggle - Hardcover

A native of Long Island, New York, Candace Whitman studied art history at Yale and went on to earn a master's in art education at NYU. She became interested in children's books while teaching art to kids. Candace is also pursuing a master's of divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary.

When Steve Wilson was a little kid he found real Bigfoot tracks and crop circles. It's true! Since then he has been drawing weird things like UFOs, mythological monsters, aliens, ghosts, animals, cars, superheroes, clouds, and boats. He also works in TV animation design. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

Zany creatures-from furry monsters to more recognizable animals-celebrate different kinds of glittery lines that offer plenty of eye candy. The textural lines seem to have minds of their own as they shimmy across the pages, creating patterns and informing the simple, rhyming verse. On one spread, a mummy's bandages are unwrapped ("lines that curve/ lines that curl"), while on the following page a pink whale's blowhole makes "underwater lines that swirl." Later, a red cat's paw loops through "lines with doggies at the end" (the accompanying image shows nine pink dachshunds on leashes). The creatures-and even a mean-looking thundercloud-brim with personality and create a sense of playful irreverence. --Publishers Weekly

The humble workhorse of the art world gets its proper due in this clever picture book that celebrates the line in all its permutations wavy, winding, or plain old straight. Whitman's rhyming text catalogs the panoply of lines around us in a concise, appealing fashion ( lines that curve / lines that curl / underwater lines that swirl ), but it's Wilson's bright, graphic illustrations that take center stage. Exuberant scenes, many of which are populated by adorably shaggy monsters, are brimming with topsy-turvy humor, from a cat walking a pack of pink dachshunds to an overheated mummy removing his bandages under the hot desert sun. Throughout the book, a ... raised line cleverly highlights the illustrations' squiggles, dashes, and curves and the words that describe them, making this title ideal for close-up sharing and tactile exploration. A lively introduction to poetry, art, or a simple game of pretend. --Booklist