Lucy and the String

by Vanessa Roeder, Vanessa Roeder (Illustrator), Tiffany Morgan (Read by)

Overview

A sweet and silly tale of unexpected friendship between a girl and the bear she finds at the end of a string.

When Lucy spots a string, she can't help but give it a yank, and before she knows it, she meets Hank! But this bear isn't quite sure what to make of Lucy, especially because the string is attached to his pants, and they're unraveling fast!

Now Lucy must dream up the perfect solution to Hank's missing pants, and hopefully win this dubious bear's heart along the way.

Vanessa Roeder's picture book debut is a heart-filled tale of curiosity, innovation, and finding friendship in unexpected places.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780525552512
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	74 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Vanessa Roeder is an author and illustrator whose work has been featured in Highlights magazine and on Apartment Therapy. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three kids.

Editorial Reviews

"An imaginative and entertaining tale of crafting and friendship." —Kirkus

"Roeder works in a gray-black-white palette lit up by the yarn’s brilliant scarlet, and she paces the story’s panels and vignettes with care while exploring the full range of the yarn’s possibilities—dance partner, calligraphic script, building material, and more." —Publishers Weekly

"Pair this with Watkins’ Pete with No Pants for some serious giggles." —BCCB

"Hilarious...This perfect blend of words and pictures is sure to have kids chuckling and perhaps trying their own string creations." —SLJ

"This delightful tale of unlikely friendship, cooperation, unisex dressing, and spontaneous creativity begs to be reread and shared!" —SLC

From the Publisher

2018-05-28
A long red string becomes the tie that joyously binds.With much effort, a girl pulls on a long red string, and the results are not what she expected, for at the other end is Hank, a grouchy bear who has now lost his red knit pants. Lucy is an imaginative child and tries very hard to cheer up the bear. She swirls, curls, designs, and dons a series of head ornaments from the red thread but to no avail. Hank "just wanted pants." Lucy goes back to work and energetically strings a makeshift coverup or two or three for the bear, who nevertheless remains "a bare bear." Neither is a tutu satisfactory. Finally, Lucy pulls out her knitting needles and creates an oversized sweater for herself and gifts her own black-and-white-striped skirt to a now happy and no longer bare bear. Unfortunately, snipping the yarn that now connects them leads to great unhappiness for Hank, but Lucy is ever resourceful and concocts a perfect solution for the now-good friends. Roeder uses pencils, watercolors, and "lots of digital string" in a palette of red, black, and white to create an imaginative and entertaining tale of crafting and friendship. Lucy is pale-skinned, with a gap-toothed and smiling face adorned with black spiky pigtails.Dressing up and some cross-dressing result in a happy relationship for a girl and a bear. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews