If You're Happy and You Know It! (with music CD)

by Jan Ormerod

Other authorsLindsey Gardiner (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

J2L.503

Publication

Scholastic Inc.

Pages

32

Description

A little girl and various animals sing their own versions of this popular rhyme.

Description

Ages 5 and up.

Collection

Barcode

431

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

32 p.; 9.6 inches

ISBN

9780545445665

User reviews

LibraryThing member givingtree1
Cute rendition of the children's song "If You're Happy and You Know It". Great illustrations
LibraryThing member stcborromeo
Ormerod (the Miss Mouse books) and Gardiner (the Poppy and Max books) riff on a favorite children's song in what looks to be a surefire circle time favorite. An unnamed girl who brings to mind a blonde version of Gardiner's Poppy character spearheads the merriment. "One day a little girl felt
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happy. So she sang," begins the text. When the familiar song lyrics follow ("If you're happy and you know it, clap you hands"), eight members of the animal kingdom-fancifully rendered in buoyantly improbable colors and patterns-respond with his or her own version. "No, no, no," a patchwork puppy rejoins. "If you're happy and you know it, wave your tail-swirl, twirl!" Admitting to an unimpressive tail, a striped blue elephant suggests, "Flap your ears!" "Ridiculous!" claims a crocodile, "If you're happy and you know it, snap your teeth-snip, clip!" as he shows off a mouthful of triangular newspaper collage incisors. Gardiner varies the spreads, showcasing each animal to maximum effect: a hyena, in several spot illustrations, rolls with giggles, while a close-up of a gorilla plays up his chest-thumping girth ("boom! boom!"). The wrap-up line feels limp after the energetic lead-in; the preceding pages bubble with infectious glee. Ages 4-8.
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Rating

(11 ratings; 4)

Call number

J2L.503
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