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Title details for I Am a Dancer by Pat Lowery Collins - Available

I Am a Dancer

by Pat Lowery Collins
Mark Graham
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Poet Pat Lowery Collins shows children that their everyday motions—catching a ball, reaching up to a shelf, or shuffling through the rain—can contain all of the elements of a dance. Mark Graham's lovely oil paintings give the reader a new appreciation of the beauty of natural movements.

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  • Release date

    January 1, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780761340201

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 550
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      June 1, 2008
      PreS-Gr 3-Similar in style to the author's "I Am an Artist" (Millbrook, 1992), this book shows girls and boys in various movements that can be defined as dance steps. In Collins's free-verse poem, they "shimmy out of bed," splash in puddles to the "steady drip-blip of rain," fly a kite, and play ball. Graham's beautiful oil paintings are filled with solidly built children on the move, while some of the backgrounds are almost ethereal. Even the brushstrokes convey action. This book is a lovely merging of art and poetry and gives a delightful sense of joyful motion. Paired with Rick Walton's "How Can You Dance?" (Putnam, 2001), it would make a great storytime selection."Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR"

      Copyright 2008 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:550
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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