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Song and Dance Man

Caldecott
Author: - Karen Ackerman

Title: -Song and Dance Man
Illustrator: -Stephen Gammell
Publisher: -Alfred A. Knope, INC.
Year: - 1988


Format: -Hardcover
Genre: -Picture Book
Reading Level: -Emergent Reader
Interest Level: -Early Elementary


Topics: - Fun at Grandma and Grandpa's and the way they love you. Getting dressed up. Types of dancing. Types of things you see at a circus.




Summary: - Three little kids go over to their grandma and grandpas house. Grandpa has a good idea while they are waiting for supper instead of watching t.v. They go up stairs into the attic where their grandpa keeps his old dancing things. He puts them on himself and also his grandchildren. They watch him as he puts on a show for all of them. The absolutely love and and with they would have seen him dance in the good old days. He gives them a hug once they get down stairs and turns off the light. The children then wonder how much he misses when he danced on the vaudeville stage.






Extension Activities: -Make a box guitar with empty paper towel roles, a shoe box, and rubber bands.
At a younger age such as preschool you could get a C.D that tells the students to act out what the music says.