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How Do You Wokka-Wokka?
- By Elizabeth Bluemle
- Genre: Picture Book
Common Sense Media says
Great read-aloud for energetic kids.
Parents say
Kids say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know there is nothing of concern in this fun book.
What's the story?
“Some days you wake up and you just gotta wokka,” this book begins as a boy bounds out of his house and dances onto the street. One by one, kids show off their dance moves and join him on a funky parade through the neighborhood.
Is it any good?
Scatting and hip-hop flavor this lively, irresistible read-aloud. Parents might want to rehearse it once or twice before story time. This demands an energetic, rhythmic reading, and occasional awkward lines can knock you out of your groove. That’s a shame, because there are some delightfully fun lines: “I wokka-wokka like a fish flop on a dock-a/flip-a-floppa off-the-docka put-me-back-in-wata-wata.” Stumbles aside, playful language and plenty of nonsense words will delight pre-readers.
It’s challenging enough to explain how to wokka-wokka, but even more challenging to draw it. S. Britt’s diverse cast of kids shimmies, shakes, slides, and hops through the streets.
It’s challenging enough to explain how to wokka-wokka, but even more
challenging to draw it. S. Britt’s diverse cast of kids shimmies,
shakes, slides, and hops through the streets.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about different ways to dance. The obvious question, of course: How do you wokka-wokka? Take turns showing how you wokka-wokka. Try someone else's wokka-wokka and see how it feels.
There are a lot of made-up words in this book. Did they make sense to you? Try making up some silly words to go with your new wokka-wokka.
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| Author: | Elizabeth Bluemle |
| Illustrator: | Randy Cecil |
| Book type: | Fiction |
| Genre: | Picture Book |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press |
| Publication date: | August 11, 2009 |
| Number of pages: | 32 |
| Paperback price: | $15.99 |
| Publisher's recommended age(s): | 3 - 5 |
| Read aloud: | 3 |
| Read alone: | 6 |
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