Dot, Stripe, Squiggle

by Sarah Tuttle (Created by), Miriam Nerlove (Illustrator)

Overview

Some creatures have dots. Some have stripes. Some have squiggles. Some creatures have dots and stripes. Some have dots and squiggles. And some have all three—dots, stripes, and squiggles! A simple and striking board book, this innovative introduction to patterns and shapes features nine extraordinary sea creatures (which are identified at the end), bringing the marine world to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568463254
Publisher:	Creative Company, The
Publication date:	08/21/2018
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Sarah Grace Tuttle first fell in love with the ocean on trips to the beach as a child. With a degree in environmental studies and an MFA in writing for children, she is still enthralled by the beauty of the marine world. She lives in Massachusetts.

Miriam Nerlove has spent years painting different animals. She lives with her family outside Chicago. Visits to the Shedd Aquarium helped her study marine animals and their environs. This is her first book for Creative Editions.

Editorial Reviews

2018-09-17

Nine different marine animals are featured in detail with emphasis on their dots, stripes, and squiggles.

What begins as a set of three simple, colored dots at the opening of the book grows to become the dots, stripes, and squiggles of different underwater creatures. After the colored dots (one in each primary color), readers see close-up snippets of each animal—a head, a tail, fins, tentacles, claws—before each is revealed in its entirety. Nerlove's vibrant watercolor illustrations are presented on a stark white background on each double-page spread, allowing readers to really take in each tiny sucker on the blue-ringed octopus and every spine on the zebra lionfish. The opening color palette of the three dots in red, blue, and yellow is echoed in each of the subsequent illustrations, subtly hidden in the yellow striping on the eel and the blue dots on the jewel damselfish. The rhythmic movement of Tuttle's repetitive "dot, stripe, squiggle" in various iterations invites readers to point and observe, although they may do little else. The real stars here are the lifelike illustrations, and the words certainly get out of the way. A really clear, simple illustrated key to the animals pictured closes out the book, presenting names as bold and unusual as the animals themselves.

Curious, observant young readers will love the impressive artwork, which is ultimately the standout in this board book. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews