Hip-Hop Lollipop
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
In this lyrical read-aloud filled with rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney, follow a little girl as she dances her way to bedtime.
Mama says, "Lollipop, stop! Stop!
Jumping snapping nonstop."
Arms and shoulders pop 'n' lock.
Lollie's dancing hip-hop.
Watch as Lollipop grooves her way through her bedtime routine, brushing her teeth to the beat and shimmying into pjs. She sways along with her sister, her parents, and even some enthusiastic pets until, finally, Lollie closes her eyes and dances through her dreams. Susan Montanari and Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney offer a playful bedtime read-aloud that perfectly captures the joy of music, movement, and family.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's bedtime, but a girl named Lollipop can't stop "dancing hip-hop." Carrying a little yellow boom box and accompanied by an equally enthusiastic cat and dog, she bops through the house, "Dancing down the long hall,/ Bouncing off the tall wall." She stops by her big sister's room, where Tasha, a fan of techno, is dancing, too ("She glides heel-to-toe in slo-mo"). Together, in a scene that exudes sisterly solidarity and silliness, the two brush their teeth to the beat: "Head rotation./ Jubilation!" Eventually even Lollie runs out of steam, and some good-natured parenting sends her slipping into bright yellow pajamas and snuggling between the covers, dreaming of dances to come. The text by Montanari (My Dog's a Chicken) isn't rap, but it doesn't need to be its catchy musicality and rhythm pay fitting tribute to a girl with boundless energy. Watercolor and ink drawings by Pinkney (On the Ball) are ecstatically impressionistic: lines curve and arc, characters defy gravity, and with swirling pastel streaks embellishing every scene, the whole house feels like it's in perpetual motion. Ages 3 7. Author's)
