How Can You Dance
PreSchool-Grade 3-This book combines playful illustrations with rhymes  that hop, skip, and jump. The text features short verses about  different situations or emotions and the dances that could go  along with them: "How can you dance when/one foot's sore?/Dance  with the other foot/touching the floor." They are followed by  instructional verses in red: "Dance on the other foot./Spin on  the other foot./Hop on the other foot./Dance, spin, hop!" The  acrylic paintings on each double-page spread feature one  spot-art scene over the verse showing a real situation (a girl  in a chair with her bandaged foot elevated) and a large  full-page-plus fantasy scene (the girl standing on one leg on a  lily pad surrounded by flamingos who are also on one leg). The  illustrations feature a varied cast of children and animals, and  convey a wonderful sense of movement. This is not a book  children will sit still for.Genevieve Ceraldi, New York Public  LibraryCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.