This book proves that you are only as you let yourself feel.
“We forget that its grandpa dancing, and all we can hear is the slivery tap of two feet, and all we can see is a song and dance man gliding across a Vaudeville stage.”
“We forget that its grandpa dancing, and all we can hear is the slivery tap of two feet, and all we can see is a song and dance man gliding across a Vaudeville stage.”
pickThis is a story about and old man who loves to sing and dance. In his youth, he was spritely and able to move and dance easily but not that he is older he struggles to move. His grandchildren love watching him sing and dance and for a moment they see him as a young man again.
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman, 1988. Caldecott Award Winning Book. This book has an easy-to-follow plot with excitement on every page. The illustrations use colors that remind the reader of childhood and warm and fuzzy feelings. The book is easy to connect to because it surrounds a grandpa who is reminiscing with his grandchildren. This would be a great addition to any bookshelf!
This book would be great for a history lesson about how things have changed as the years have gone by. Every generation is different and it would be fun to explore the similarities and differences.
When we visit, he tells us about a time before people watched TV, back in the good old days, the song and dance days.
“ he spins and jumps into the air. toughing the stage again he kneels with his arms spread out, and the silk top hat and gold-tipped cane lie side by side.“
I would use this in a classroom, beucase some of my students live with all differnt people. But I would also use it in a way showing the love of story telling and the different ways that could happen, within a history lesson, I would start off with pictographs and how folk sotryeis were made and the value of listening to stories from others.
pickSong and Dance man by Karen Ackerman, 1988. caldecott winner- the color on the pages add a warm feeling to my body when I read the story. The images also bring happy feeling because they have so many smiles on their faces and the colors add a sense of joy to reading about the history of what it was like back in the day.
