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Reviewed by: Ana Canino-Fluit, Elementary School Librarian Title: Can You Dance Like a Peacock? Author: Rekha S. Rajan Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
Year: 2023 Good for Grades: PK-2 Genre/Type of Book: Picture Book
Content Warnings, or things that other School Librarians should be aware of: None Recommended for a school library: Yes Reason(s) for choosing the book: Given to me by the Publisher as part of review box of finished copies If you were tasked by the publisher with writing a short quote for the back cover of this book, what would it be: This nonfiction picture book is a perfect read-aloud, full of engaging information on animals and the role of the movement and dance in the natural world. Read it to your students and join in the dance!
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Review:
This illustrated nonfiction picture book is a perfect read-aloud, full of engaging information on animals and the role of the movement and dance in the natural world and a rare book that seamlessly ties together the Arts and Sciences.
The illustrations are vibrant and full of movement perfectly matching the jaunty tone of the book’s text. The book includes dance/movement breaks after each animal’s section, allowing children to immediately act out the same movements that had been explained. At the end of the book each animal featured, Peacocks, Gazelles, Honey Bees, Dolphins, Dung Beetles, Spanish Dancer Sea Slug and Flamingo each get a couple of paragraphs further describing each animals and explaining the purpose of each animal’s dance in more detail.
Dance and movement with purpose is not something limited to human experience, but plays a huge role in animal communication and communities as this book explores. I loved how the book open by asking readers to make a connection to their own love of movement and dance before describing each animal’s dance. The illustrations feature a variety of shades from dark brown to white when illustrating human limbs.
I received this book as a free finished review copy from Sourcebooks, the publisher.
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