I Am a Dancer
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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Reviews
Booklist
“In spare, upbeat, accessible poetry, a speaker describes how every day brings opportunities to move in tune to the world’s rhythms – from the quick beat of sports action to the ‘steady drip-blip of rain.’ Bold acrylic paintings illustrate the poem, which is printed in just a few lines on each page.”
—Booklist
The Horn Book Guide
“This paean to movement uses spare, sophisticated, lyrical text to describe a child’s vision: ‘Sometimes I am a dancer / to a silent throb / that makes me / spin and sway / and try to fly.’”
—The Horn Book Guide
School Library Journal
“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.”
—School Library Journal