Jump Up!: Five-Song CD Included
by
Dan Zanes & Donald Saaf
Order:
USA
Can
Little, Brown & Co., 2005 (2005)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
D
an Zanes, former lead singer of a rock-and-roll band, noticed how much everyone loves to dance to music. So, he wrote a song about it -
Jump Up
. And he wishes for his readers '
that your days are filled with songs and dances.
'
T
he author's brother-in-law, Donald Saaf, painted the exuberant - and surprising - pictures that accompany the song - a flap on each page opens up to turn a static image into a very dynamic one. Pieces of toast jump out of toasters, friends dance out of bed and out the door to the street. Human and animal characters dance around a rainbow. Valentines dance out of a mailbox, and everyone jumps up.
I
ncluded with
Jump Up!
is a CD of five great songs (music and words are also at the back of the book):
Jump Up
,
Going to Boston
,
Hal-an-tow
,
Mango Walk
, and
Sail Away Ladies
. Enjoy this book and CD - the pictures will make you smile, while the words and music will give you itchy feet.
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