Lindsey Craig

"Tippity! Tippity! / Little black feet! / Who is dancing / that tippity beat? / Ladybugs are dancing / on tippity feet. / Tippity! Tippity! / Happy feet!" And so begins this rhythmic picture-book, in which a series of creatures dance in everything from a stompity to a slappity way...

Author Lindsey Craig and illustrator Marc Brown, who subsequently collaborated on Farmyard Beat, deliver a fun read-aloud selection with Dancing Feet!, which pairs a simple, poetic text with appealing collage show more artwork in vibrant colors. Recommended to anyone looking for poetic picture-books for the toddler set. show less

Honestly, this was totally fun and whimsical and I liked the art and the way each verse leads into the next with interlocking rhymes that kids can anticipate and the only reason I didn't rate it better was because the phrase "'cause they got that beat" makes me cringe when I read it out loud and I could never imagine finding a way to use it myself and me and "'cause they got that beat" are in short inimical.

Woken by the peep-peep-peeping of the chicks, a series of other animals add their own sounds to the nighttime beat of the farmyard, until finally Farmer Sue hears them and comes to investigate.

Author Lindsey Craig and illustrator Marc Brown, who previously collaborated on the picture-book Dancing Feet, join forces again in this poetic read-aloud, which features an engagingly rhythmic text and appealing collage artwork. These illustrations are in a different style from the ones Marc Brown show more created for his famous Arthur picture-books, but have a colorful and quirky sensibility of their own. Although it didn't make a particularly strong impression on me, I can see Farmyard Beat making an excellent read-aloud selection. show less

Craig excels at creating rhythmic, amusing rhymes that incorporate some guesswork as well as interaction on the reader's part. Brown's illustrations are dimensional and expressive. Another title I must have missed adding to GR in the last few years - it's been a favorite for a while.