February 24th is national Dance Day. Here are some of our favorite picture book picks to inspire you and your loved ones to bust a move.
How Do You Dance? by Thyra Heder
There are so many ways to dance! You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance at the market or the bus stop, with your fingers or your face. You can dance because you’re happy or even because you’re sad. But what’s the best way to dance? Exactly how you want to!”–Amazon.com
A jam session forms, instrument by instrument, and welcomes a child who loves dancing along.
Why We Dance by Diedre Havrelock
A young Indigenous girl’s family helps calm her nervous butterflies before her first Jingle Dress Dance and reminds her why she dances.
Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle
In this wordless book, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.
The Snow Dancer by Addie K. Boswell
Young dancer Sofia wakes up to a quiet, white world-it’s a snow day! She makes her way outside to the neighborhood park, where a field awaits her, white and shining and open. It isn’t long before the rest of the neighborhood wakes its sleepy head-and the other kids make their way to the park, scattering all of Sofia’s beautiful silence. But with the help of a new young friend, Sofia is ready to show everyone what a snow dancer can do on a perfect day like this. With lyrical language and gorgeous art, this book sparkles with all the joy and beauty of a snow day.– ONIX annotations.
Written by Ceilidh Jimenez