Illustrated by Alea Marley

On Sale: Apr 29, 2025
Page Count: 40 pages
Publisher: Union Square Kids
ISBN-13: 9781454945543

$18.99

$24.99 CAD

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Hardcover

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An ode to being active and dramatic play. For fans of Ruth Krauss’s I Can Fly and Ashley Spires’s The Most Magnificent Thing, this picture book will inspire young readers to getting moving and start imagining!
Simple, engaging rhymes will inspire little ones to jump, run, and explore the limitless possibilities of their imagination in this energizing ode to movement by award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford.

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“An effective read-aloud just right for little listeners.”
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Kirkus
“This is a picture book tailor-made for storytime: Weatherford’s succinct first-person text makes great use of repetition, as well as end rhymes that beg for children’s voices to complete… Celebratory and, yes, moving.”
—Horn Book
Horn

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Carole Boston Weatherford

About the Author

Carole Boston Weatherford is a children’s book author and poet who often tells the stories of African American historical figures and events. Weatherford’s books have received a variety of awards, including Caldecott Honors for Freedom in Congo Square and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Carole lives in North Carolina and invites you to visit her online at cbweatherford.com.

Alea Marley is a children’s illustrator living and working in England. She loves creating whimsical scenes that are filled with patterns, texture, and bursts of color. Her favorite mediums to work with are chunky pencils, watercolor crayons, and digital brushes. Alea invites you to visit her online at aleamarley.co.uk.

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