The Jellybeans and the Big Dance Review
If you have a little one who loves to dance, The Jellybeans and the Big Dance will be a favorite in your family. In addition, the story should help bring a greater appreciation of other youngsters who aren't so devoted to movement.
Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans wrote the story. Lynn Munsinger illustrated the pages. Both the writing and images are wonderful. I must admit a slight preference for the visual. After all, dance is very visual for the audience . . . and so is this book for the reader (or the person read to).
Emily is a wolf who loves to dance . . . so much so that she rarely stops dancing. Excited about her first dance class, she's chagrined to find that one of her classmates (a rabbit) is reading a book, another (a pig) is drawing, and a third (a cat) is playing with a soccer ball. What?
I was immediately amused when the dance teacher introduces herself as Miss Tingly-Weezer. The soccer playing cat is Nicole. The drawing pig is Bitsy (who really likes to paint). Anna, the rabbit, is rather shy. (Maybe you would be, too, around a wolf if you had read about the three little pigs).
Emily is a little more discouraged when she finds out that they will be dancing to "Oh, Little Bug." Just when things are looking their darkest, Emily notices that the first letters of their first names spell out "BEAN."
After a few more classes Emily is discouraged and tells her mother that the dance should be called "The No-Good Bugs." As a treat, her mother takes Emily to Petunia's (an ice cream and candy store).
After the next disastrous class, Emily gives each of the other girls a bag of jellybeans. "'Jellybeans are all different flavors, but they still go well together,' said Emily. 'Maybe we could, too. We can be the dancing Jellybeans!'" With Emily's encouragement, they find ways to help one another have more fun. Anna shows about bugs in books. Bitsy helps the girls design costumes. Nicole taught exercises to help get into shape. Emily helped with the dance steps.
At the last minute before the performance, the young dancers look great. But, oops! Emily is scared! The other dancers took her mind off her fears and they went on to dance well and have a lot of fun. "They twirled and skipped. They tiptoed and jumped. They danced and pranced and boogie-woogied."
After that, who knows? Maybe soccer could be next.
But surely, they need some jellybeans.
Now, what could be nicer than this story.
For little girls who love pink . . . this book has a lot of pink.
Go for it!
The Jellybeans and the Big Dance Feature
- ISBN13: 9780810993525
- Condition: New
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The Jellybeans and the Big Dance Overview
Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans, and Lynn Munsinger bring readers a fun new group of sweet friends.
Just as jellybeans are different colors and flavors, each character in this heartwarming friendship story has a personality and pizzazz that young readers will love.
Emily loves to dance and can’t wait to meet the other girls in her class, who are sure to be just like her. But instead she meets Nicole, a tomboy who would rather be playing soccer; Bitsy, who loves arts and crafts; and Anna, a shy bookworm who has no interest at all in dancing. Realizing that they have to work together to make their dance recital a success, the girls learn to love each other’s differences and strengths as they band together and name their group the Jellybeans!
The latest picture book by beloved bestselling authors Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans is as sweet as sugar and features four adorable characters that all children will relate to. With joyful illustrations by Lynn Munsinger that dance off the page, The Jellybeans and the Big Dance will inspire readers to dance, prance, and boogie-woogie to the beat of their own drum.
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Customer Reviews
Great addition to my 4 year old's library - KR - Massachusetts, USA
My daughter adores ballet and loves this book. Adorable illustrations and the story has an important message about working as a team despite differences. I definitely recommend it!
Great Book - Eric Fawcett -
This book is the bomb! My kids and I love it. We read it every weekend because they can't get enough of the wonderful content this book has to offer.
Creative Emily Brings the Jellybeans Together - Julian B. Booth -
The cover of "The Jellybeans and the Big Dance" immediately catches the eye. It's colorful, well-designed and excellently illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. The sparkles on the cover attract both kids and parents. The engaging story by the talented writers, Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans was an immediate hit with my grandchildren. They were caught up in Emily's adventures. They admired her dancing and how she twirled and danced everywhere. They were sad at the thought that the other kids in her dancing class didn't want to dance or to be there. But, finally, when Emily brought everyone together with jellybeans, good ideas for teamwork, her passion for dancing and her fun-loving ways, they were excited. My grandkids got a bit scared when Emily momentarily forget her steps for the recital number, "Oh, Little Bug." But they had faith in Emily and only held their breath a little. They also understood right away the wise message of this adorable book.
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