Song and dance man /
Ackerman, Karen, 1951-
Song and dance man / by Karen Ackerman ; illustrated by Stephen Gammell. - 30 variously numbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer. 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.
Caldecott Medal, 1989.
0394893301 9780394893303 0394993306 9780394993300
87003200
Entertainers--Juvenile fiction
Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction
Picture books for children.
PZ7.A1824 / So 1988 A1824 So 1988
741.642
Song and dance man / by Karen Ackerman ; illustrated by Stephen Gammell. - 30 variously numbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer. 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.
Caldecott Medal, 1989.
0394893301 9780394893303 0394993306 9780394993300
87003200
Entertainers--Juvenile fiction
Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction
Picture books for children.
PZ7.A1824 / So 1988 A1824 So 1988
741.642