Janni, Rebecca Jammy Dance, Illustrated by Tracy Dockray, 40 pgs. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, February 2012. Content - G. PICTURE BOOK
Told in rhythmic rhymes, almost as if the reader is meant to dance to the beat, this story follows two young children, a boy and a girl, from bath to bedtime. Some of the rhymes are a stretch and some of the lines didn't make sense in the context of the stanza, but overall it works. Though with all the jumping and dancing of the protagonists, I'm amazed they were able to fall asleep. The illustrations are sweet and uncluttered, dark outlines filled with pastel colors. It's a cute bedtime book. If you have a need for bedtime books in your school library, then I'd recommend. Otherwise, a pass.
EL - OPTIONAL, Rebekah, youth services librarian
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