Song and Dance Man: (Caldecott Medal Winner) (Dragonfly Books)
by By Gammell, Stephen (ILT) and Ackerman, Karen
Category: Juvenile Fiction , Family , Multigenerational

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.