Song and Dance Man

Karen Ackerman

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

Al amanecer

Song and Dance Man (Caldecott Award Series)

Children's Books

Random House]

Flannery Row

Joy Street Books

Transfixed by the sight of a marvelous doll in a shop window, Isobel and Mimi dare to hope that their parents will buy it for them.

Moveable Mabeline

Philomel

Illus. in full color. "In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell captures all the story's inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings that leap off the pages. Bespectacled, enthusiastic Grandpa clearly exudes the message that you're only as old as you feel, but the children respond--as will readers--to the nostalgia of the moment. Utterly original."--(starred) Booklist. Once a song and dance man, Grandpa reclaims his youth and profession before the delighted eyes of his three grandchildren one afternoon. He simply cannot resist the urge to dress up in clothes left over from his vaudeville days--complete with top hat and gold-headed cane--and to perform tricks, play banjo and tell jokes. He taps, twirls and laughs himself to tears on a thrown-together stage in his attic. Artist Stephen Gammell takes full advantage of lamplight to render Grandpa in shadow and silhouette, trivializing the concept of age and creating a feeling of intense nostalgia. Related from the point of view of the children, the text in Song and Dance Man is soft and understated, and Gammell's artistry is superb. The book won the Caldecott Medal in 1989.

Song And Dance Man

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Scholastic. Inc.

Summary: When the Nazis invade Austria, Clara's Jewish family flees to Switzerland.

the night crossing

Scholastic paperback

Leaves in October

Bt Bound

Book Sets Caldecott (9) : Officer Buckle and Gloria - Miss Rumphius - Peppe the Lamp Lighter - The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Stories - Where the Wild Things Are - Song and Dance Man - Snow - The Little Island - Albert (An Unofficial Box Set)

JON SCIESZKA

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uri-shulevitz

Eric Kimmel

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Donna Jo Napoli

scholastic

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