Beastie Jamboree

by Connie Bergstein Dow, K M Brown (Illustrator)

Overview

All creatures love to dance!

Beastie Jamboree follows a lively cast of adorably mismatched creatures who move and groove through a variety of fun and famous dance styles from the Tango to the Macarena. Put on your dancing shoes and join the jamboree as these friendly beasties rock their way through this lilting, rhythmic story that evokes the joy of music and dance!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633738119
Publisher:	Young Dragons
Publication date:	04/25/2023
Series:	Young Dragons Creature Features , #2
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.06(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Connie Bergstein Dow grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She began dancing when she was four years old, and has been dancing ever since. After attending Denison University, and earning her MFA from the University of Michigan, she danced professionally in the US, Venezuela, and Guatemala. During her career as a dance educator, she has taught dance to three-year-olds, to senior adults in wheelchairs, and every age in between. In addition to her picture book From A to Z with Energy! (Free Spirit Publishing, 2019), and Tap and Rap, Move and Groove (Free Spirit Publishing, 2023), she has written two books for teachers, both published by Redleaf Press: Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn!, and One, Two, What Can I Do? Dance and Music for the Whole Day. She also writes articles for magazines and journals, and verses for Highlights and Cricket magazines. Connie enjoys presenting movement workshops at early childhood conferences, and connecting with young readers at book festivals and libraries.

Graduating with High Honors and as Valedictorian of her high school class, K. M. Brown wasted no time in getting herself out into the art world and establishing herself as an artist with a passion. Within the year, she was illustrating children's books for local authors and eventually found her way to Roan & Weatherford Publishing and their Young Dragons imprint, where she serves as one of the imprint's senior illustrators. Often spending her free time writing and reading poetry, Katie's lifelong ambition is to become an established writer herself, standing in as both the author and illustrator of the many stories she has to tell. Beastie Jamboree is the third book she has illustrated, following 2022's Toolshed Surprise and 2021's Rey and the Magic Amulet.

Editorial Reviews

"Waltzing with unicorns? Square dancing with basset hounds? They're all part of Connie Bergstein Dow's delightful BEASTIE JAMBOREE featuring a variety of "creatures dancing wild and free." If your little ones haven't already fallen in love with dance, they will after enjoying the rhythmic fun of Connie's verses, whimsically illustrated by K.M. Brown. This is a book to savor for all dance lovers everywhere!" -Lynn Slaughter, Award-winning author of WHILE I DANCED and other YA novels

"Dance is a universal language and Connie Bergstein Dow's book BEASTIE JAMBOREE speaks it fluently. A delightful array of animals engage in energetic dances that are choreographed with impeccable rhyme. Beastie jamboree presents a bouncy, fun read aloud that is sure to get kids of all ages on their feet as they slide and glide, whirl and twirl, and swish and swirl into the wonderful world of dance!" - Mary Vander Plas, author of CALL ME CALVIN

"Who can resist a good party?! BEASTIE JAMBOREE will have kids and grownups boogieing down with zebras, buffalo, and even a few flossin' gators! The fun rhyming text keeps kids engaged, and readers will learn some classic moves at the end of the story. Perfect for anyone who loves dancing... or just partying like an animal!" -Julia Finley Mosca, Author of the award-winning AMAZING SCIENTISTS rhyming series

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