Song and Dance Man [Paperback]

A beautifully nostalgic picture book about one grandfather's younger days that shows you're only as old as you feel!

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.Karen Ackerman has written over 25 books for young readers, including The Night Crossing, A Brighter Garden illustrated by Tasha Tudor, andBingleman’s Midwayillustrated by Barry Moser.

In addition to winning the Caldecott Award for his spirited illustrations inSong and Dance Man, Stephen Gammell is the illustrator of two Caldecott Honor Books,The Relatives Cameby Cynthia Rylant andWhere the Buffaloes Beginby Olaf Baker.CN