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Author of the The Phantom Tollbooth has written a tongue-in-cheek love story, complete with mandatory love triangle: a straight (and boring?) line loves a beautiful dot who fancies herself in love with the madly captivating squiggle. What is the straight line to do to win his lady fair? That is the question!Through all sorts of clever and maybe painfully not-so-clever but still cute puns, Juster spins his mathematical tale. Unique. Fun. Illustrated throughout and a quick read. Could be read to c...
Acute, quirky picture book for all ages. You can view it from several angles: it’s superficially about geometry, but tangentially about love across boundaries, trying new things, and the perils of judging by appearance. Hence, the subtitle, “A Romance in Lower Mathematics”. My point is plane [sic]: unless you’re really obtuse, you’ll come round to its punning charms, by degrees.Plot Line, Story Arc, and Love Triangle A “sensible straight line” falls in love with a “frivolous dot” who prefers a “...
Not as well-known as Norman Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth, but much more to-the-point.This book concerns a line. Our line is trying to get the attention of the dot he loves. The dot falls in love with a squiggle.It is, in short, a classic love triangle. Ha! Get it? A triangle! I kill me!Ahem... back to the review.The book's point is about the line's self-concept and self-esteem. He sees the squiggle as everything he can't be (and he truly can't). By the end, he learns what he can be instead, an...
This is a charming illustrated curiosity, very very short, that contains a morality tale and some hidden psychological insights. You can read it in less than half an hour.
My good friend and neighbor just read this to me and our kids--it was very clever. Her husband (currently a Ph.D student in mathematics) had given it to her for Valentine's Day. I don't think our kids got it, but we were sure laughing hard.Okay, I had to come back and edit this review after I read some of the other reviews saying how this sends a terrible message. That terrible message being that we should never have to change for someone else to like us. Umm....that's ridiculous. I have a lot o...
Loved the fanciful/mathematical drawings with lines - also liked the word selection -I did not like the way the line changed himself for the dot - although it could be argued that the line went on a journey of self discovery.The problem is, the dot was not worthy of the line to begin with - and in the end, the line has a great depth of character, and the dot is - a dot.Still, a very cute picture book -
This is a short children's book from the author of the spectacular children's classic The Phantom Tollbooth which tells the love story between a Dot and a Line. It is simply magic and your kids will ask you to read it to them time and time again. Perfect for a bedtime story due to its short length, it is a wonderful addition to your kid's bookshelf.
Well actually it's in my son's permanent collection, not mine. He's a huge fan of Norton Juster, too, and he's currently finishing his degree in mathematics education. So, yes, the note in the back compares this to Gulliver and Alice in Wonderland, as in, fables for all ages with a dose of math. Another reviewer compares it to Flatland, which would be fine, except that's so heavy with social satire the math gets lost in it. Of course it should be compared to Juster's more famous, and even more w...
A Love Story for the Ages!
OMG OMG OMGAn illustrated children’s book about Maths and Love.Is there anything on earth better than this?Turned out to be such a beautiful adorable read.Loved it.Eeevry bit of it.From beginning to the end.And you know what, it had an ending that is better than “happily ever after”.If you are wondering what on earth could Possibly be better than “happily every after” you must most certainly read this beautiful piece of marvel.BTW, it is also available in “The internet archive”
A book I wish someone had read to me when I was a child. A cute love story between a dot, a squiggle and a line where mathematics and romance meet. This was made to a short animation film. Find it here
Just as charming as I remembered it. Reread it to remind myself that it is not necessarily a bad thing I am giving up a squiggly life for a straight line life for at least a while. Inspiring! And beautifully, simply done. Treat yourself to a few minutes of a perfect picture book. (For adults. I wouldn't want a girl to have the dot as a role model or a boy to emulate the line's affections and wooing, but I don't think that is really the intention or the point. He has an idea to convey and a fun w...
A poignant, absolutely wonderful tale.
Witty and true to heart! Because good people can and will fall for selfish balls.
