Clap Your Hands - Hardcover

Cauley, Lorinda Bryan

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ISBN 10: 0399221182 ISBN 13: 9780399221187

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 1992

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Skipping, sock-footed animals act out each verse of these sing-along, act-out rhymes that give readers a chance to stretch, clap, hop, wiggle, and make silly faces.

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About the Author:

Lorinda Bryan Cauley has written and illustrated several books for children. She lives in Connecticut with her family.

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PreSchool-Grade 1-- A crew of kids and animals, dressed in appealing combinations of comfortable odds and ends of clothing, responds to suggestions from Cauley's verse. They wiggle, purr, fly, tickle, somersault, kiss, and spin against the white background of double-page spreads. In a style much like Bruce Degen's, Cauley offers an ethnic mix of children tingling with energy and fun. Their unique motions and interactions imply plenty about the joy of movement and the value of individual interpretation. The jubilant mood of the characters' body language is reinforced by their facial expressions and captured in their eyes. The colors of the artist's mixed media (colored pencils, pastels, paints) are fresh and appealing. But what happens when this same blast of happy energy occurs and reoccurs in the same format page after page? A form of monotony--and, unfortunately, the verse's steady beat only reinforces it. Instead of staying caught up in the book's greater momentum, readers will start searching for details (How is this picture different from the last one?). It's too bad that this format isn't worthy of Cauley's vision; a book of hers that works 100% could be a whopper. In the meantime, let's applaud Clap Your Hands.
-Liza Bliss, formerly at Leominster Public Library, MA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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