Song and Dance Man by Illustrated by Stephen Gammell; By (Author) Karen Ackerman
	List Price:   $15.95 Unit Price:   $12.76 You Save:   $3.19 (20%) ISBN-10:   0394893301 ISBN-13:   9780394893303 Publisher:   Random House [IN]; Knopf Books for Young Readers Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   January 2003 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   3 to 7 Grades:   ps to 2
Awards
1989  Caldecott Medal  Winner!  1989  Minnesota Book Awards  Nominee/Honoree  1990  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Bluegrass Award  Winner!  1988  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Illus. in full color. '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 inherentjoie de vivrewith 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.'--(starred)Booklist. From the Trade Paperback edition. Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.