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Song and Dance Man |
Author: Karen Ackerman
Published: 2003-01-14 |
List price: $15.95
Our price: $11.96
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Seniors Are Hip!
I am a K teacher. My kids enjoy this book during our family unit. My 3 yr old boy enjoys it as well. In a world full of copy only talent, this book allows for discussion about music, dance, performance, stage, arts, musicals, and of course, grandparents. The pictures are captivating making the kids want to investigate the pages closely, and they prompt questions. Again, it's a very sweet and meaningful story.
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
This book is a great book. It is about a grandfather who dances and sing for his grandchildren up in the attic. The part I like the most is when the man dances really fast it makes music and when he spins and jumps up into the air.
I would reommend this book, because it is a fun book to read.
 Song And Dance Man
I usally read dancing books all the time,and this time was not so bad.It wasn't the best book i read or it wasn't the worst.It was just all right. If you like to dance follow me.This books about a grandfather and some grandchildren who likes to shake their tail feathers. The grandchildren don't believe there grandpa can sing and dance ,but when he finds out his dancing shoes still fit it all breaks loose......
 Colorful pictures
I always enjoy books that involve grandparents. This is such a colorful and fun picture book, but the fact that it shows children interacting with grandparents is the best. A great Caldecott winner
Hear the beat of dancing feet
I think there must be a whole old-people-dancing picture book genre out there. Tons of these books appear on the market every year and they bring in a steady profit time and time again. Perhaps the most successful of these (which is to say, it won an award) is Karen Ackerman's charming, "Song and Dance Man". A simple tale of a grandfather puttin' on a show for his grandchildren, the book is a touching tribute to the Vaudeville kings and queens of yore.
Three bright eyed urchins appear at their grandfather's door one day, to his evident delight. Without further ado he leads them up into the house's attic where he keeps a trunk of old treasures. It takes a little sifting and shifting to find exactly what he needs, but soon Grandpa's old taps are on his feet and the lamps in the attic become the spotlights of a makeshift stage. Grandpa begins with a shuffle footed tap solo then moves on to banjo playing/singing, magic tricks, and awful old jokes. The night's entertainment is topped off with a grand finale of tapping and dancing. The crowd (of three) goes wild and everything is put away again. "But as he turns off the attic light, Grandpa glances back up the stairs, and we wonder how much he really misses that time on the vaudeville stage, when he was a song and dance man".
You've probably seen illustrations by Minnesota based artist Stephen Gammell before and just didn't know it. They've a kind of controlled insanity, though this book is not half as violent to the senses as his truly disturbing "Old Black Fly". Instead, this story comes off as merely messy, but with a vibrant undertone. The colors in the pictures are often of a sweet rainbow filled spectrum. Grandpa's nose, a permanent red, sits prominently on his kind face. I think the real joy of this book is that you know the main character is having the time of his life. He's truly enjoying reliving his days as a performer, a fact drilled home by the book's wistful final sentence. Thumbs up to author Karen Ackerman too for effectively creating such a great grandpa character. Who wouldn't want a talented guy like this in their family?
For a sweet intergenerational tale that doesn't focus (for a change) on wise advice or dealing with death, this book takes the cake. When you read a book that takes as much joy out of life as this one does, you know you're gonna find yourself going back to it again and again. Sentimental in only the best sense of the word.
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