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Clap Your Hands: An Action Book

Name: Clap Your Hands: An Action Book
Author: David Ellwand
ISBN: 9781929766505

by David Ellwand

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Overview

These classic teddy bears breathe fresh life into well-loved rhymes. Humorous, sophisticated photographs and candy-box colored backgrounds give this extra-generous, oversized board book a classic appeal for teddy bear lovers of all ages.

Playful teddy bears demonstrate ways to show "if you're happy" to the words of a familiar song.

Synopsis

Publishers Weekly

Teddy bears feature prominently in two photographic books by David Ellwand, Ten in the Bed: A Counting Book and Clap Your Hands: An Action Book. Tucked-in Teddies reach across the opening pages of the first title, but as the bears fall out, they appear against increasingly larger pastel panels on the right. In the second, the bears play along to the popular preschool song ("If you're happy and you know it clap your hands"). (May) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

About the Author, David Ellwand

David Ellwand, whose great talent spans from the best-selling Fairie-ality to the Amazing Baby board book series, works from a studio in Dorset, England.

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School Library Journal

PreS-These oversized board books are based on traditional children's songs. In Clap, teddy bears demonstrate the various actions of the song: they stamp their feet, touch their toes, turn around, etc. In Ten, each spread depicts a variety of appealing teddy bears photographed under a white blanket. As each one "rolls over," it falls onto a pastel background on the right. As the number in bed shrinks, the pink, blue, yellow, lavender, or green panel on the right grows wider as more bears join the group. Ellwand depicts the stuffed animals in different poses on each page: heads turned, arms raised, and even reading in bed. The size and uncluttered format of these books make them appropriate for baby, toddler, and preschool storytimes. Guaranteed to delight young listeners.-Olga R. Kuharets, Broward County Libraries, Fort Lauderdale, FL Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.