Everybody Can Dance!

by Kara Navolio, Ruth-Mary Smith (Illustrator)

Overview

The music starts. You feel the beat.

You clap your hands and tap your feet.

Everybody twist and twirl!

Everybody can dance!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947860391
Publisher:	Brandylane Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/28/2019
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Kara Navolio is a freelance writer who tells stories of real-life heroes and interesting people for local newspapers. She loves dancing with her husband or friends, or really any time she hears a good song! Watching other people dance always makes her smile. Kara is the mom of two grown-up kids. She lives in the beautiful San Francisco Bay area, where she works on more books for kids, hikes, paints, and spends time with her family. Visit her online at www.karanavolio.com.

Ruth-Mary Smith is an illustrator of children's picture books. Having studied fine arts at TAFE College and participated in watercolor courses over many years, Ruth-Mary enjoys creating images for children to love. Her favorite illustrations can be described as whimsical and sweet. She lives with her three daughters and husband on Sydney's Northern Beaches in Australia. She illustrates from her home studio, working primarily with her favorite medium, watercolors, as well as pastel and pencils. Ruth-Mary greatly enjoyed the opportunity to work on this special project, "Everybody Can Dance!"

Editorial Reviews

"The musicality and boogie beat of Kara Navolio's verse is pitch-perfect. Everybody Can Dance! is a joyful ode to dancing feet. Kara has written a little book of inspiration that celebrates our differences and the concept that everybody is one." -- Andrea Alban, author of The Happiness Tree and Anya's War

"Everybody Can Dance! is a joyous celebration of what it means to be human. Endowed with our personal journey, our heartbeat, and life's inner spark, we are all driven to move. The rhythm, hope, and audacious jubilation of this melodious piece brings forth an ear-to-ear smile, as it reminds us that each and every one of us deserves to dance, can dance, and should dance." -- Tonya Amos, Artistic Director, Grown Women Dance Collective, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Center Scholarship Awardee

"Kara Navolio has written a beautiful children's book that brings you on a whimsical journey of musical exploration through dance. It truly gets the rhythm in your bones flowing! Dance allows you to express and communicate using your body as the instrument. Everybody Can Dance! shows us that dance is a wonderful way to bring people together. Dance puts smiles on faces and happiness in hearts and should be enjoyed by everyone. -- Erica Pecho, Dance Instructor at The Dance House Napa Valley

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