Read-Aloud Resources

A group of friends dances their way through the neighborhood as they feel every hop, skip, and jump that their bodies make.

Twelve mice that live in a cuckoo clock wander out to find birthday cake and have a party while Max the cat sleeps.

A young boy who likes to "wokka-wokka, shimmy-shake, and shocka-shocka" gathers his neighbors together for a surprise celebration.

A picture book adaptation of the song written by Jim Connor, and made popular by John Denver, which celebrates the fun of visiting grandmother's house. Includes facts about Connor and Denver, their grandparents, and their music.

Leo and Diane Dillon use bright colors and musical patterns that make music skip off the page in this toe-tapping homage.

In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.

Counting and dancing go hand in hand at Mambo Jamba's, the place where hippos hokey-pokey and meerkats macarena and ten little chimps do the cha-cha-cha, until Mama Chimp says, "Time for bed!"

A rhyming tale of Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and even Tyrannosaurus gathering at the swamp to dance.

A child, eager for a favorite meal, helps with the shopping, food preparation, and table setting.

Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop.

Rhyming text explores the many ways one can dance, like the leader of a marching band, like a crab on a sunny day, like a tree as it waves in the breeze.

Uses animal names to introduce rhythmic language and rhyme, as Tanka the elephant and his friend Skunk play drums to keep the beat.

Baby and his family make some jazzy music.