Barn Dance! by Bill Martin; Bill Martin Jr.; John Archambault
	List Price:   $15.25 Unit Price:   $12.20 You Save:   $3.05 (20%) ISBN-10:   0833512501 ISBN-13:   9780833512505 Publisher:   Topeka Bindery Series:   Reading Rainbow Bks. Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   September 1988 Format:   Library Binding Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Awards
1977  Georgia Children's Picture StoryBook Award  Winner!  1980  Colorado Children's Book Award  Winner!  1983  Golden Sower Award  Winner!  1984  Children's Picture StoryBook Award (USA)  Winner!  1988  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Unable to sleep, a young boy follows the sound of music to a magical barn dance. 'A rousing, rowdy tale pulsing with the rhythm of country music . . . The bouncy rhyme will be a pleasure for listeners and tellers as they pick up the twang and the barn-dance beat'.--Booklist. Full-color illustrations. A Reading Rainbow Selection. 'With a rhythmic cadence Martin and Archambault build their story from a quiet moonlit night when 'there's magic in the air' to a very special, foot stompin' party....An engaging blend of words and pictures to set both the mind and eye dancing.'--'School Library Journal, starred review 'Sheer magic! A fun-filled romp, ideal for reading aloud.'--'Childhood Education 'A rousing, rowdy tale pulsing with the rhythm of country music....Rand's raucous...watercolor spreads are as spirited as the story poem.'--'Booklist In an old farmhouse, bathed in the light of a full moon, a young boy creeps to his bedroom window and looks outside. Was that a voice he just heard, or the hooting of an owl? There it is again: Come a little closer... Come a little closer... Listen to the night... There's music in the air... Beckoned by the voice, the boy sneaks downstairs, out the door, and walks toward the barn. As he gets closer he hears the sweet sound of a country fiddler and the rhythmic thumping of dancing feet. But who could possibly be having a barn dance in the middle of the night?