Tessa's Tip-tapping Toes - Couverture rigide

Crimi, Carolyn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0439317681 ISBN 13 : 9780439317689

Editeur : Orchard, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Crimi Carolyn

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Crimi (Don't Need Friends, not reviewed, etc.) and Carrington (Sometimes I Feel Like a Stormcloud, not reviewed, etc.) team up for a humorous tale of a tap-dancing mouse and a singing cat who are more interested in their particular talents than in the traditional game of cat-and-mouse. Tessa the mouse is warned by her mother to stop tapping and twirling and to start scurrying quietly like a proper mouse. Oscar the cat is warned by his owner, Mrs. Trimboni, to start chasing the mice and to stop "crooning and caterwauling" because he bothers the neighbors. Both creatures go on with the show in another stay-true-to-yourself story that ends in a toe-tapping jam-fest with the mouse family, the cat, and Mrs. Trimboni all singing and kicking up their heels. Crimi uses expressive, rollicking language to describe the dancing and singing: "the skitter-scamper of little mice feet," "a rowdy, riotous tune," and "an all-out rock-'n'-roll, boogie-woogie, hip-hop, two-step combo." Carrington's large, crayon-bright paintings with varying perspectives are complimented by an oversized format with lots of double-page spreads. She has a flair for the hilarious touch, such as Tessa's bottle-cap tap shoes and Oscar's broomstick microphone. Although the storyline isn't exceptional, this will fit well into lots of thematic story hours (mice, cats, dancing, singing, or follow-your-heart).
--Kirkus Reviews, Jan. 15th, 2002

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An enchanting performance starring a little mouse who was born to boogie and a cat who can't stop crooning.

Other mice scurry, but not Tessa. She boogies, bops shimmies, and hops. On her family's raids through Mrs. Timboni's kitchen, Tessa tangos across the teapot and sashays with saltshakers.

Soon Mrs. Timboni brings home a cat--but Oscar is no ordinary cat. He doesn't like to nap or chase mice. Instead, he croons on Mrs. Timboni's counter, sings in her sinks, and trills on the dining room table. Is it any wonder that there's magic in the air when these two talents finally meet?

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Orchard
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0439317681
• ISBN 13: 9780439317689
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Illustrateur: Carrington Marsha Gray