Wiggle (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards)) [Hardcover]

Doreen Cronin (Author), Scott Menchin (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards)

Do you

wake up

with a

wiggle?

Do you

wiggle

out of bed?

For energetic toddlers (are there any who aren't?), here's a book that invites them to wiggle along with the story. Told in rollicky, wiggly rhyme that begs to be read again and again, Doreen Cronin's latest romp will have toddlers wiggling, giggling, and then (hopefully) falling into bed, blissfully exhausted!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS–There's not a lot of story here, but there is plenty of fun as a playful, rump-shaking pup leads toddlers through some of the many ways to move around: "Do you wake up with a wiggle?/Do you wiggle out of bed?/If you wiggle with your breakfast,/it might wind up on your head." The dog goes on to jiggle and dance with various objects and creatures before falling asleep beneath the moon. Menchin's lively, digitally rendered art incorporates elements of reality–photographic bits and pieces–that are well integrated into broad, bright cartoon illustrations. Cronin's nonsensical text is rhythmic and buoyant. Pair this sunny, silly book with Jonathan London's Wiggle Waggle (1999) or Katie Davis's Who Hops? (1998, both Harcourt) for an active storytime about animals in motion.– Kathy Krasniewicz, Perrot Library, Old Greenwich, CT
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From Booklist

*Starred Review* Pres-K. It will be hard to stop a group of little ones or even a lone child from wiggling through this one; the text is that infectious. A spotted dog on the cover, vigorously working a hula hoop, leads children through a wiggling world: "Do you wake up with a wiggle? / Do you wiggle out of bed? / If you wiggle with your breakfast, / it may wind up on your head." The delightful cartoon-style, ink-and-watercolor artwork is highlighted by tidbits of collage. In the case of the above quote, the picture shows the droopy canine with a photograph of a pancake planted squarely on its head. Every candy-colored page features the funny, frenetic dog involved in some furious activity, and the sense of motion and movement is palpable each time. The text is occasionally labored: "Wiggle slowly when with polar bears. They're very wiggle shy." But the artwork picks up the slack so well that kids won't know what to do first: wiggle or giggle. Ilene Cooper
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (April 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689863756
• ISBN-13: 978-0689863752
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Doreen Cronin is the successful author of many bestselling picture books, including Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure; Bounce; Wiggle; Duck for President; Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Dooby Dooby Moo; and the Caldecott Honor Book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mom with 3 year old daughter., October 17, 2005

By 

M. Roberts (Corsicana, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiggle (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards)) (Hardcover)

My daughter LOVES this book. She is fond of poetry and rhyming books and this one is perfect. We enjoy wiggling together each time we read this book. A GREAT FIND that we love reading over, and over, and over, and over agin..

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High energy story that is simply fun to read aloud!, September 27, 2006

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Cady Hayden "Children's Book Author" (Bergenfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiggle (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards)) (Hardcover)

A superbly simple rhyming story about wiggling through your day. I wanted to wiggle with the pictures on each page. I thoroughly enjoyed how Scott Menchin, the artist, used a real rubber ducky in a fake drawn bathtub and a cartoon dog with a real pancake on his head. The mismatched pictures were basic, colorful and fun to look at. The story itself is still in the style of the author's other books, Click, Clack, Moo, but doesn't make you feel as if you have read a different version of it already. Fresh ideas and crisp clean pages will have this book screaming to be read every day. Also recommended to use for teachers of kindergarten or first grade to start off the day with a good wiggle. Wiggling and movement before sitting down all day in class can provide some much needed stress relief...even for kids!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS WIGGLY FUN, January 2, 2006

By 

L.K.B.H. "alfie_henry" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiggle (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards)) (Hardcover)

you MUST get this book--it is terrific! the rhyme is very catchy, the pictures are colorful and fun and i dare a toddler to not like it. my son (19 months old) requests this book several times a day--he can't get enough of it. the story is just short enough to keep a toddler's attention while being long enough to tell a tale. HIGHLY recommended!!!