Welcome to a sweet story! Welcome to Scribbleville!
It's a town made of wiggles and scribbles. There are no straight lines in Scribbleville. When a man who is straight as a stick moves in, the residents are mistrustful because he looks all wrong. Then a scribbled woman looks past his straight lines to become his friend. She illuminates the straight-lined Scribbleville people: "on the outside he's odd, but that's not where I look." From this point on, relations between scribbles and straights are much improved, and soon some new folks move in ... some scribbled... some not.
The story is written in rhymed verse and carries a message about tolerance and diversity without being preachy. It acknowledges the differences between others and recognizes how these differences could be celebrated. The book offers various views of how others may see each others differences or how one may or may not respond to being viewed as different.
Clever illustrations keep young children engaged. Beverly- teacher
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