num_pages: 32
description: A beautifully nostalgic picture book about one grandfather's younger days that shows you're only as old as you feel!"In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell captures all the story's inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings that leap off the pages. Bespectacled, enthusiastic Grandpa clearly exudes the message that you're only as old as you feel, but the children respond--as will readers--to the nostalgia of the moment. Utterly original."--(starred) Booklist.
language: English
title: Song and Dance Man
titlecomplete: Song and Dance Man
genres: Music, Historical, Kids, Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, Family, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 9203
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Children's Fiction
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers