Color photographs and a simple narrative celebrate and explain the dancing rituals of such animals as butterflies, chickadees, cranes, eagles, and polar bears.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5?"Dance with me! That is what many animals seem to mean when they flap wings, splash tails, and leap high into the air." Hirschi pairs reflective comments on mating dances and a few other dancelike behaviors of several animals with full-color photographs of variable quality. Both text and pictures are more expressive and appreciative than informative. Readers are invited to observe and enjoy the animals and also to know that some of them are losing their dancing grounds to humans. The concept is appealing, but the presentation is somewhat halting and elusive. Photographs are not always synchronized with the narrative, causing some confusion. A double-page spread discussion of chickadees, for instance, is accompanied by a wide view of orca whales swimming, fins lined at the water's surface. Two pages picturing masses of monarch butterflies at rest and in flight combine with an enigmatic passage. "Sometimes you might dance like a butterfly caught in the strongest winds and you might also practice and practice the elegant ballet known as Swan Lake." Birds comprise most of the examples, though polar bears, jackrabbits, and a red fox appear briefly. The loosely structured assemblage is a bit rambling and esoteric, but teachers who have enjoyed Hirschi's evocative approach in his many books may find a use for this one.?Margaret Bush, Simmons College, Boston
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 2^-4. Hirschi picks a visible aspect of animal behavior--the flapping, leaping, soaring, and splashing animal movement that human beings might call dancing. He explains the way such motions are used during courtship, as greeting, and for bonding or defense. Mangelsen provides clear photographs of all the animals discussed, though the ones of birds are the best. Throughout, Hirschi attends to the environmental conditions the animals need to continue their "dances," making the book a possible lead-in to discussions of ecology. Mary Harris Veeder
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