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Dancing Feet!
Clickity!Clickity! Long green feet!
Who is dancing that clickity beat?
Lizard is dancing on clickity feet.
Clickity! Clickity! Happy feet!
Introducing a get-up-and-dance toddler book-so catchy and rhythmic, you'll almost want to sing it.
Lindsey Craig's rollicking text features funny sound words (Tippity! Creepity! Stompity! Thumpity!), dancing animals, a singsong beat, and a...more
Who is dancing that clickity beat?
Lizard is dancing on clickity feet.
Clickity! Clickity! Happy feet!
Introducing a get-up-and-dance toddler book-so catchy and rhythmic, you'll almost want to sing it.
Lindsey Craig's rollicking text features funny sound words (Tippity! Creepity! Stompity! Thumpity!), dancing animals, a singsong beat, and a...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
May 11th 2010
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Mommy's review from 11/14/11 -
I forget who picked this one out but I'm guessing Julia because she has some sort of fascination with toddler books. If you're kid is older than, oh, about 2 years, I'd pass on this.
The whole 'stompity, stompity' thing is enough to drive you crazy if you don't have a baby there to watch smile. And for some unexplained reason, because of all the 'stompity's' I couldn't say 'happy' when the need arose. I could only say 'happity'. Luckily this didn't last or I'd have...more
I forget who picked this one out but I'm guessing Julia because she has some sort of fascination with toddler books. If you're kid is older than, oh, about 2 years, I'd pass on this.
The whole 'stompity, stompity' thing is enough to drive you crazy if you don't have a baby there to watch smile. And for some unexplained reason, because of all the 'stompity's' I couldn't say 'happy' when the need arose. I could only say 'happity'. Luckily this didn't last or I'd have...more
Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig
Release Date – May 8, 2012
*A review copy of this book was viewed from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
Dancing Feet is full of all kinds of animals that are getting up and dancing from ants to elephants and everything in between. The verses are entertaining and sure to captivate your little one. The illustrations are also bright and colorful. The rhythmic beat will have you wanting to dance along with them.
It was a lot of fun to read and I caught myself ta...more
Release Date – May 8, 2012
*A review copy of this book was viewed from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
Dancing Feet is full of all kinds of animals that are getting up and dancing from ants to elephants and everything in between. The verses are entertaining and sure to captivate your little one. The illustrations are also bright and colorful. The rhythmic beat will have you wanting to dance along with them.
It was a lot of fun to read and I caught myself ta...more
Authored by Lindsay Craig and Illustrated by Marc Brown, Dancing Feet is an adorable book for young children.
One page shows some "dancing feet", and the following page shows the animal or critter that the feet belong to along with a cute rhyming verse. (fun way to interact with young children and have them guess whose feet are shown).
There are: colorful ladybugs, ducks, caterpillars, lizards and even a big bear and elephant. The final page shows happy little "kids dancing feet" have fun with all...more
One page shows some "dancing feet", and the following page shows the animal or critter that the feet belong to along with a cute rhyming verse. (fun way to interact with young children and have them guess whose feet are shown).
There are: colorful ladybugs, ducks, caterpillars, lizards and even a big bear and elephant. The final page shows happy little "kids dancing feet" have fun with all...more
A fun book to read to even the youngest child. The first picture shows the feet of a dancing animal, and the text asks who is dancing that tippity or stompity or slappity or thumpity beat. Then the next page shows what animal is doing the dancing. The illustrations are bright collages that will capture a child's attention. The last page is terrific. It shows children dancing. The girl who is dancing "slappity" (duck)is wearing swim flippers while the boy who is dancing "clickety" (lizard) is dre...more
I think this book would be tremendous fun for a preschool-aged crowd. First you see an animal's feet, so you can guess who it is. Then you turn the page to reveal the whole animal dancing. Lots of fun verbs and onomatopoeia to describe the way each animal moves. I suspect I might rate this one higher if Gavin were older. At not quite one year he enjoyed hearing the rhythm of the words and stomping his feet, but the part about guessing which animal it is went right over his head. (For "guess the...more
I like the book. It's a rhythmically enthusiastic presentation of animals and insects. For teachers and parents the illustrations invite young readers to copy. Educators could cut out the shapes for young readers to assemble copying those in the book or making up their own. Using the animals images might be an excellent way to divide a large group into smaller groups...giving each smaller group their own animal image. Animal creations could also be used for paper bag puppet fun. "Dancing Feet" i...more
Cute book. I think its meant for a younger group then my daughter at 5 but she enjoyed it and guessed the animals.
Its a fun, quick dialog and the pictures are adorable and you get to guess what each animal is. You get a hint of their feet and a little rhyme and the following page after that shows what animal it was.
Very fun, interactive type of book. I don't know if kindergarten is to old for this book or not, but my daughter enjoyed the guessing and upbeat words. So I would say for readers fr...more
Its a fun, quick dialog and the pictures are adorable and you get to guess what each animal is. You get a hint of their feet and a little rhyme and the following page after that shows what animal it was.
Very fun, interactive type of book. I don't know if kindergarten is to old for this book or not, but my daughter enjoyed the guessing and upbeat words. So I would say for readers fr...more
Jun 22, 2011
babyhippoface
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
PreK teachers, Music teachers
Shelves:
kids-picture-books
Very young children will love this combination of dance and guessing game as they look at the colorful cut-paper collage illustrations and listen to the descriptions of feet ("big gray feet", "webbed orange feet", "furry brown feet") and guess what animal is dancing on each page. The rhythm of the book is contagious and children will be stomping, giggling, and dancing around the room in no time, making it a must-have for PreK teachers. This is also perfect for Music Teachers trying to communicat...more
Dancing Feet is a great story to introduce footprints of different animals. This story uses many descriptive words to describe the footprints of the animals; such as "The big grey footprints." This gives the color and the size of the footprints being made by the animal. I would use this story as a dramatization and have each child be a different footprint from the book. They would be able to have their own part and play each animal in the story. I would re-create the footprints and we would use...more
This bright, fun book is sure to have toddler toes tapping in no time. In alternating double-page spreads, children see the feet of an animal and then get to guess what it is. When the page is turned, the answer is revealed. The rhyme and rhythm here are great, adding to the dancing theme. Each set of animal feet make a noise from Tippity! Tippity! to Thumpity! Thumpity! This engaging picture book is ideal for toddler story time where children need to get their wiggles out.
Craig’s verses are fil...more
Craig’s verses are fil...more
1. Rating: 5
2. Book Review from Publisher's Weekly: the pictures introduce a cheerful menagerie of animals composed of basic shapes cut from hand-painted papers in an array of colors, textures, and patterns that recall everything from corrugated cardboard to exotic grasses. Celebrating movement and sound, the guessing-game story hints at the identity of each creature, initially seen retreating from the page, leaving footprints behind.
3. I would recommend this book to any K-2 teacher and any rea...more
2. Book Review from Publisher's Weekly: the pictures introduce a cheerful menagerie of animals composed of basic shapes cut from hand-painted papers in an array of colors, textures, and patterns that recall everything from corrugated cardboard to exotic grasses. Celebrating movement and sound, the guessing-game story hints at the identity of each creature, initially seen retreating from the page, leaving footprints behind.
3. I would recommend this book to any K-2 teacher and any rea...more
I seem to be in the minority in not finding this book a "wow!" Perhaps because I did not read this aloud to a little one eager to guess each dancing creature by the sounds it makes. Indeed, I think this book is prime read-aloud material thanks to the funny sounds and bold, bright collage illustrations. However, I just wasn't too captivated by the "slappity-slappity" dancing of the duck or the "stompity-stompity" moves of the elephant.
Guessing books are always a winner with the storytime crowd, and Dancing Feet is no exception. Through the fun collage illustrations, kids get a just a hint of what animal is on the following page by looking at their dancing feet. It's easy enough that most kids will guess successfully (though I must admit, I didn't get the lizard at first) and who doesn't like being right!
If Nico didn't laugh at this book I would have put it down. Each page was the same. Guess who's dancing and then they showed an animal. What made Nico laugh was the dumb sayings. Stampity, stompity, slappity, creepity, thumpity, and so on till I couldn't take it but Nico was laughing loud. So anyone under 2 will love this book. Others might find it very annoying.
I may have to add this to my story telling collection. It is a fun book that lets the reader use lots of fun voices and gets the kids moving around. Paige loved every animal (but her favorite if you must know is the bear). Plus Marc Brown is the illustrator- if you do not like Marc Brown you must have the blackest of souls.
Other have reviewed this title with high ratings and I would agree. It is a fun and creative rhymtic book wonderful for young children. The vocabulary and sounds make for great reading interactions. I enjoyed Marc Brown's illustrations which are a depature from Arthur books. Don't miss this one!
The animals know how to keep a beat, why can't you? From elephants stamping and lizards thumping, the jungle is alive with music. Kids will have a great time, making their own beats when reading this book. A fun and easy read for kids 2-5.
Pair up with books on music.
Pair up with books on music.
It's hard to believe Marc Brown of the Arthur books is the illustrator of this book. The cut-paper illustrations are nothing like other works of his I've seen.
It's a fun dancing-themed book that reminds me of Peek-a-Moo and Whose Nose and Toes?
Great for toddlers!
It's a fun dancing-themed book that reminds me of Peek-a-Moo and Whose Nose and Toes?
Great for toddlers!
A great book to incorporate movement. Students could imitate the dances shown in the book. As an extention, students could make up their own dance for other animal or insects not included in the book. To conclude the lesson, students could have a dance contest!
With different adjectives to describe the feet of each anima--like the ladybug's tippity dance steps or the elephant's stompity ones-- and Brown's hand-painted paper collage illustrations, this book will delight young readers and inspire them to dance.
What a fantastic way to introduce beat, rhythym, and rhyme to students. The illustrations by Marc Brown are so appealing. They are full of action and energy. It's fun to match the dancing animal to the dancing child at the end.
I really liked this. I have grandkids who like to dance and I feel they would love this book. It is colorful and repetitive and they could read along. It came in 2nd in our library district last year and I liked it better than #1.
Feet are dancing, but who's feet are they? Kids get to identify different animals' feet and also get up and make similar movements. I use this as one of my interactive books with toddlers, but I think it would work with walkers.
The happy feet of kids and animals are dancing about and having so much fun! The sing-song text along with colorful illustrations by Marc Brown make this a great guessing book to read and move along to with preschoolers.
This book is good for children to hear the sounds of dance and music as they read. It promotes the power of dance as an art form and would be great to accompany with some dance time for the students after it's over.
Just so fun. I love the illustrations, love the text. It was fun to ask the kids what the next animal was going to be--some were easy but some were a bit harder. A really well done book for the toddler set.
Simple, lively text; big bold pictures; what a lovely book. Reading this rhyming book aloud is very rhythmic and gets your dancing blood moving! Wonderful book for toddlers and preschoolers.
Mar 27, 2012
Melanie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
children-s-literature,
picture-book,
dancers,
dancing,
animals,
stories-in-rhyme,
interactive
Children are encouraged to participate in this story as animals are presented with a partial picture and a description of their type of dance. Fabulous interactivity for storytime!
Found this at the library and my 2 year old loved it. Whenever she sees it at the library, she wants to bring it home and now has it memorized and quotes from it randomly. Very fun.
"Tippity! Tippity!/Little black feet!/Who is dancing/ that tippety beat?"
The "guess who" format is always a hit with the preschool read-aloud set, and I dig Marc Brown's collages here.
The "guess who" format is always a hit with the preschool read-aloud set, and I dig Marc Brown's collages here.
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