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The Jellybeans and the Big Dance |
Author: Laura Numeroff
Published: 2008-03-01 |
List price: $15.95
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 Great Book
This book is the bomb! My kids and I love it. We read it every weekend because they can't get enough of the wonderful content this book has to offer.
Creative Emily Brings the Jellybeans Together
The cover of "The Jellybeans and the Big Dance" immediately catches the eye. It's colorful, well-designed and excellently illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. The sparkles on the cover attract both kids and parents. The engaging story by the talented writers, Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans was an immediate hit with my grandchildren. They were caught up in Emily's adventures. They admired her dancing and how she twirled and danced everywhere. They were sad at the thought that the other kids in her dancing class didn't want to dance or to be there. But, finally, when Emily brought everyone together with jellybeans, good ideas for teamwork, her passion for dancing and her fun-loving ways, they were excited. My grandkids got a bit scared when Emily momentarily forget her steps for the recital number, "Oh, Little Bug." But they had faith in Emily and only held their breath a little. They also understood right away the wise message of this adorable book.
A Terrific Kickoff for Discussing Friendships and Problem Solving
Read JellyBeans and the Big Dance with one or more children as the "kickoff" for opening a discussion with children who are striving to make friends, and make friendships work. As a bonus, this story also shows how to problem solve.
The sparkling book cover represents the way four young girls (represented by animals) learn to accept each other in spite of their differences. Thrown together in a dance class they cleverly discover their group name, Jellybeans. The real sparkle begins when each girl contributes a unique talent in order to make the (ugh!) "Oh, Little Bug" dance a success. This group of four become solid friends who will be equally successful at Jellybean soccer, thus a new discussion may be opened -- how will they each contribute?
The Jellybean and the Big Dance is a delightful story, entertainingly illustrated. Bravo to Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans and Lynn Munsinger. I hope we'll see more books about the adorable Jellybeans and how they solve another problem.
 The Jellybeans and the Big Dance
Numeroff, Laura and Nate Evans. The Jellybeans and the Big Dance. Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. Abrams Books for Young Readers. 2008.
Emily dances around all day whether she is "waiting for the school bus", "watching tv", or "brushing her teeth." One day this happy wolf skips "to her first dance class" but she is disappointed when three of her classmates indicate that they are not equally enthusiastic about dancing: Nicole the cat loves to play soccer, Bitsy the pig loves to paint and Anna the rabbit loves to read. Fortunately, clever Emily discovers that all four have a common interest, a love of jellybeans that enables them to become friends; in fact they form a dance group called, "The Jellybeans" who later put on a successful performance. Expressive characters dance across the brightly colored book cover, their costumes festooned with glitter. The illustrations burst with action and color as Emily "twirled and jumped while the other girls fumbled their steps" then one sits forlorn wiping her face with a handkerchief and one stands with her paws on her hips, looking downcast. A series of pictures show the four "girls" sitting together reading a book on bugs then practicing dance steps. This is a sweet commonplace story about friendship with a take-charge heroine, and the illustrations are endearing.
An excellent embellishment of this story of differences brought together.
Emily loves to dance and is taking her first dance class where she anticipates she'll meet others who love to dance - but instead she meets girls who like very different things. Will she be able to save their dance recital from disaster? Turns out the girls have different strengths: Lynne Munsinger's fun drawings make for an excellent embellishment of this story of differences brought together.
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