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Synopsis
Everybody loves to dance, and Mama Likes to Mambo will have you out of your seat and boogying to its crazy beat in no time! This vibrant, hip, and very funny collection of poems will almost certainly make you laugh out loud. The toe-tapping rhythms are perfect for chanting or dancing, while inspired rhymes roll off of the tongue like melted Popsicle juice.
So turn the page and mambo with Mama, wriggle with Wiggy Wigden, and waltz with a whale or two. Whatever happens, we promise that just like everyone else in this book, you_ll have a ball!
Laura Hummel - Children's Literature
"Mama likes to mambo/ Daddy likes to swing/ Baby Ray likes reggae/Cuz wailing is her thing" begins a rollicking collection of poems that will surely set toes a-tapping. These rhyming rhythms beg to be read aloud again and again. From dinosaurs pulling Santa's sleigh to a little sisters hissy-fit come creations to inspire poetry writing and set imaginations soaring. Enjoy a poem featuring round things or one for tall thin things. Do you know a fellow like Wallace P. Wigden who "was known as a wiggler/A fidgeting squirmer, a classroom seat wriggler/He jittered and skittered and jumped like a bean/A wiggling perpetual motion machine?" Animals with lots of human characteristics dance across the pages in vivid colorful drawings. Becker's fun-filled book would be a wonderful choice for a classroom or family library. 2001, Stoddart Kids,