Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman; Illustrated by Stephen Gammell
	List Price:   $17.99 Unit Price:   $14.39 You Save:   $3.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0394993306 ISBN-13:   9780394993300 Publisher:   Random House [IN]; Knopf Books for Young Readers Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   January 2003 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; Library binding 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
Up in the attic, Grandpa shows three children what it's like to be a song-and-dance man. Caldecott Medal winner, 1989. 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. Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer. An old vaudevillian has the chance to relive his finest moments when his grandchildren follow him up to the attic and rejoice in his never-rusty ability to slide, shuffle, and prance across the 'stage,' just as he did in the 'olden' days. Delightful, eccentric fare, and if readers haven't discovered artist Gammell until now, they're advised to look up this master's other creations. A Caldecott Medal winner.