Scribble

by Deborah Freedman

Book Overview

Emma likes to draw princesses. Her little sister Lucie prefers kitties. Emma and Lucie might not always get along, but can their drawings? Deborah Freedman proves once and for all whether kitties and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375839666
• ISBN13: 9780375839665
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Like nothing you've ever seen before

I like "Scribble". No, I don't think you understand. I reeeeeeally like "Scribble". I like its art and its style and its "message" (or whatever the equivalent term might be) and pretty much everything about it. The only problem with "Scribble" is that it's not a flashy book. It's sweet and subtle and as a result it's probably not going to draw too much attention to itself. With that in mind, I charge each and every one of you to seek it out since no one's gonna go out and do it for you. The picture book that shatters the reality between what you create and what you are is difficult to pull off. All the more so when it's as fun, readable, and kid-friendly as "Scribble". Oh, Emma. Thinking she knows everything. Emma's one of those girls who goes around drawing princesses all the time. Lucie, on the other hand, prefers to draw kitties. When Emma, in her oh-so-superior way, informs Lucie that her cat looks more like a scribble than a feline, the younger sister retaliates by scribbling all over Emma's newest princess picture. However, Scribble (the cat Lucie has drawn) grows curious about the sleeping princess, now trapped behind what appears to be a Giant Thicket. With a reluctant Lucie tagging behind, he attempts to free the beauty and save the day. Yet it's only when the little girl agrees to help and undo the damage she's done to the princess's picture that everyone is allowed to live happily ever after. Visually, the book really does pop. It starts with a kind of cartoony style. Individual panels and speech bubble break up the action with characters occasionally leaping off the page towards the reader. Eventually, as Emma leaves and Lucie's imagination has a chance to expand, the piece of paper containing Scribble grows to immense proportions, completely obliterating the entire paneled scheme. Emma's real cat, a small white one who takes to Scribble as recognizable kin, is always easy to spot against the yellow and pink background. Ditto Emma's white shirt beneath her overalls. The color scheme of the book bounces back and forth between pink and yellow. Emma wears all pink and Lucie all yellow. Yet when Lucie crosses over from her yellow paper to Emma's pink world, suddenly her overalls take on an unfamiliar rosy hue. On a related note, it's interesting to watch the dynamic between the two sisters. They're always shown across the table from one another, one on her pink side and one on her yellow. It's fun to see how Lucie's literal leap into her sister's world helps change her own perspective. Reading and rereading the book brings something new to the eye every time. Did you catch the moment near the end where Emma's "sleeping" princess opens here eyes while Emma informs Lucie that kitties and princesses do not wed? Or that once Lucie has fully entered into Emma's picture, the princess appears to be trapped within a castle made up of different shades of pink on pink? Even Scribble's kiss on the princess's cheek is

As good as it gets.... only better!

This is a truly marvelous book. Taps into the understanding of small children ..... and every parent, too. The drawings are superb....from the naive to the very sophisticated. I will buy it for all my friends.... bound to become a favorite in every home library!

This book is A-1!

What a wonderful book for children of all ages to look at over and over again. They will have such fun reading and learning the adventures of the kitty and the princess.

Adorable Little Book

This is a sweet little book unlike any I've really seen before. The illustrations are an adorable mix of two cute little sisters coupled with very childish drawings that my 2-year old daughter finds very amusing. The story is simple but something about the way it's all put together is just very charming. We have literally hundreds of books in our house and this is my daughter's current favorite. Fun to read for adults as well.