One rainy night, Wally’s family finds an old steamer trunk in the attic. Inside is a pile of paintings drawn from a single line from an enchanted pen. They could only belong to Uncle George, who believed that all stories begin with one line and a rich imagination.
“The colorful, absurd, detailed illustrations feature a fantastical array of characters—many of them anthropomorphic animals—in an intriguing style that defies easy classification….The artwork is captivating, finding the pen stroke is challenging, and the text will spark some animated conversation.”—Kirkus Reviews
Award-winning author and illustrator Wallace Edwards explores the world of storytelling through a single pen line that grows 
into an image and the first line of a new story. Readers will be inspired to finish the simple stories that begin with “Once Upon a Line” or use the enchanted story line to tell their own unique tale. This makes it a perfect book for the primary classroom because it teaches inferencing and creativity.
Edwards is also well known for his previous books Monkey Business, The Cat’s Pajamas, and the winner of the Governor General’s award for children’s illustration Alphabeasts. Once Upon a Line is sure to also become a beloved Canadian classic.
Pajama Press
9781927485781
Juvenile Fiction/Imagination & Play
October 1, 2015
Hardcover with jacket, $19.95
