Scribbleville - Peter Holwitz August 13, 2007
Remember that Star Trek episode with the two guys chasing each other through time ad infinitum. They had a hatred that had lasted forever. Each had one-half of his body black and the other half white-right down the middle. Eventually it became clear (Was it Captain Kirk who glommed on it?) one was white on the left side and the other white on the right side. Then there were The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss. Some star-bellied, some not. Now, (Yea!) we have Scribbleville by Peter Holwitz. Interestingly in the town of Scribbleville everything and everyone is scribbled-”They have scribbled houses. They wear scribbled hats. They walk scribbled dogs…” Enter the straight guy (Hmm.).”Why would a man so straight and so slim want to live in a town where no one’s like him?” Well, love rears its scribbled and straight head and…”one was scribbled. One wasn’t. What does it matter? Mavbe it doesn’t!” It’s wonderfully done in rhyme with lots of scribbly and straight illustrations. Too bad those creatures from Star Trek hadn’t read Scribbleville when they were kids-it would saved such wear and tear on Captain Kirk’s jostled brain cells. Oh, try to read Peter Holwitz’s Stick Kid first; it’ll make your trip to Scribbleville ever so much better. 
Scribbleville
Written and Illustrated by Peter Holwitz
Accelerated Reader RL 2.7
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