Presenting the 1988 Caldecott Medal winner in a long-awaited quality paperback edition.
Utterly original.--(starred) Booklist..
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.
Gammell captures all the story\'s inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings that leap off the pages.
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.
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.
Utterly original.--(starred) Booklist.
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.
Gammell captures all the story\'s inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings that leap off the pages.
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.
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.
Gammell\'s vibrant, whimsical pictures Dance across the page in full color.
Bridging the generations, this picture book shows the warm relationship between three children and their grandpa, a former vaudeville Song and Dance man who proves he hasn\'t lost his touch.
Presenting the 1988 Caldecott Medal winner in a long-awaited quality paperback edition
