Barn dance!
by ; illustrated by Rand, Ted
Hardcover (FollettBound)
Holt, 1988
Price: $13.41
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From Our Follett Early Learning Experts
Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.
Kirkus Reviews (1986)
A cheery picture book that's a winning combination of magic and humor and that should be useful for bedtime and library story-time. A young boy is roused from sleep by the call of an owl, and he joins the animals of woodland and farm in a square dance called by a scarecrow. Midnight blue and moonlight yellow are the dominant colors of the book, offering a background mood of enchantment; the harvest night setting suggests Halloween, while the animals' dancing makes one think of legends of Christmas Eve, all accompanied by a nice, mysterious mood with no threatening overtones. The barn-dance scene is humorous and charming, with the "skinny kid" invited to show the old cow how to dance; the animals prance happily through the antics of the dance, and the text has the rhythm, bounce and rhyme of a good square-dance call. A lively tale that'll enliven picture-book times, particularly not-too-scary Halloween programs for young children.
Details
- Publisher: Holt
- Pub. Date: September 15, 1988
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Format: Hardcover (FollettBound) 32 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm. - Age Range: K - Grade 2 (5-7 yrs.)
- Reading Level: 3.4 (What’s this?)
- ISBN-10: 0-8050-0799-7
- ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-0799-2
- Follett Number: 35020W9
- Manufacturer Part Number: 0805007997
- Language: English