How Do You Dance?
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Publisher Description
Get ready to bop, bounce, and shake with this board book edition ofthe hit picture book from the acclaimed author of Alfie and Fraidyzoo
There are so many ways to dance! You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance at the market or the bus stop, with your fingers or your face. You can dance because you’re happy or even because you’re sad.
But, what’s the best way to dance? Exactly how you want to!
In How Do You Dance?, award-wining author-illustrator Thyra Heder explores dance in all of its creativity, humor, and—most of all—joy, in a celebration of personal expression that will inspire young and old readers alike to get up and get moving.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Heder (Alfie: The Turtle That Disappeared) imagines what happens when ordinary human beings dance everywhere, for any reason. Things start on the title page as six children groove to a beat. One boy sits way over on the verso, reading a book. "Like this!" says one of the dancers. On the next page, some dancing grown-ups join the party. The boy stands alone, arms crossed. "I don't," he says. A girl leaps out behind him. "I do!" she says. "Rick does, too!" says another, pointing to a man with a mop and a pair of headphones. "GO RICK!" says the text, as vignettes show Rick waving his mop. Heder explores dance with pages of graceful, rhythmic watercolors that show people of myriad ages, ethnicities, shapes, and abilities stretching, bopping, spinning, and swaying. Moves executed in exuberance ("Dinos! Robos! Horsies! Dads!"), impulsiveness ("At the market!"), and self-care ("Sometimes you just need to flop around... until you feel better") climax in a gigantic, inclusive dance party complete with glittery disco ball. Heder's stream of dancers encourages everyone to find a way to dance even, perhaps, the most stubborn nondancers. Ages 3 7.)
