Today I want to share with you another great book to read aloud for Grandparent's Day. The Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman is a great read aloud for older children and could also be used as a writing mentor text.
The Song and Dance Man is all about a grandpa who used to sing and dance on the vaudeville stage. The story is told from his grandchildren's point of view. One day the grandchildren are over visiting their grandparents and grandpa takes them up to the attic. In the attic he gets out his old props from his vaudeville days and puts on a show for his grandchildren. They children love watching their grandpa and say, "it is better than any show on TV." They sing, dance and laugh and in the end grandpa tells them that he "wouldn't trade a million good old days" for the days that he spends with them. It is a very heart warming story about the good old days that I think many children will relate to.
The figurative language is great in this book. The sounds his tap shoes make are compared to woodpeckers tapping in a tree and is voice is compared to a canyon echo. Karen Ackerman uses a variety of author's crafts in this text. It would be great to use as a mentor text when writing memoirs or personal narratives. Mostly, it would be great just to listen to!
Happy Reading!
Laura
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