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Friday, May 25, 2012

Perfect Picture Book Friday: Kitchen Dance



Title: Kitchen Dance

Author: Maurie J. Manning

Illustrator: Maurie J. Manning

Publisher: Clarion Books; October 6, 2008

Suitable for: 3 and up

Themes/Topics: Family life, Culture & Peoples: Afro-Latino Americans, Bedtime, Dance & Movement

Opening:
 Scrape! Splash! Clunk! Clang!
I wake up and listen.
Through the walls and floor,
I hear kitchen sounds.

Book Summary: 
Two sleepy children wake up to mysterious and inviting noises from the kitchen. They sneak out to watch as their parents break into a dance while washing the dishes. Soon, the whole family is swept up into a magical and unexpected family gathering of singing, dancing, swaying and love.
 
Links to resources:
Put on some samba music and encourage children to dance. Learn about sound words, onomatopoeia
Examples of onomatopoeia words. Find all of the onomatopoeia in Kitchen Dance and try to create those sounds with objects in your home or classroom.
  
Why I like this book:
Who knew the kitchen was NOT just for COOKING? I love this book! The joy and love it shows between parents and children are just so heartwarming. It’s upbeat feel and fun illustrations make you want to dance right along with them. 

Find a comprehensive list of picture books with resources at Susanna Hill's blog

4 comments:

Li said...

Sounds like a great book! I love picture books that are colourful and joyful!

Beth Stilborn said...

This book sounds like a delight from start to finish! Great activities, too. Now I want to dance in the kitchen...

Julie Rowan-Zoch said...

The kitchen is where my mother introduced me to the YMCA dance! And what's not to like about onomatopoeia! Though, when first reading the opening I wanted to switch sounds with kitchen. to have it rhyme with listen. I must have a NEED to form rhymes!

Jillian Carreira said...

I like how you detailed the book. It looks very interesting and my daughter would love this book because she loves to dance.


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