Wiggle Waggle [Hardcover]

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

Clippity-clop, wiggle waggle, Boing! Boing! Boing! Flop! Flop! Flop! Fish swim in the water and birds fly in the air, and some animals walk on the ground, just like you. Jonathan London and Michael Rex invite you to hop, flop, and wiggle in an animal parade that will make you want to jump out of your seat and bounce along, too!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Three books by Jonathan London, illus. by Michael Rex, commemorating everyday actions, cater to the littlest hands. Wiggle Waggle makes music out of the simplest animal actions. "How does a duck walk? Wiggle waggle, wiggle, waggle." The question repeats throughout, each time substituting a different creature. Snuggle Wuggle asks how animals hug; Crunch Munch is an homage to eating.

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Board book edition.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1The question-and-answer structure of this text (How does a pig walk? Snuffle root, snuffle root.) and the large illustrations make Wiggle Waggle ideal for use with very young children and for beginning readers. The flat pictures done in colored pencils make the book easy to use with storytime groupseven when children are scattered across the roomand theyre sure to enjoy imitating the Flop! Flop! Flop! of the frog, the Bumble Roll, Bumble Roll of the bear, and more. The layout includes some variation of font size and style to mirror the animals gait. An action-packed winner for toddler and preschool storytimes.Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books; 1st edition (March 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152019405
• ISBN-13: 978-0152019402
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,956,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jonathan London is a poet and the author of a number of picture books including the Froggy Series. He lives with his wife and two sons in Graton, California. Frank Remkiewicz has illustrated posters, greeting cards, the Animal Crackers box and numerous books for children. He lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with his wife and three daughters.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book - but the two versions are not the same!, April 23, 2004

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Melissa (Frisco, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiggle Waggle (Board book)

My 3 year old son checked this book out from the library and fell in love with it. It's a great book. I ordered the "hardcover" version, which is actually a board book and is missing the end part of the story. The school and library binding edition includes a re-cap at the end that is not in the board book. I decided to order the school and library binding edition for my son and save the board book to give as a gift. I wish the description had included that the two versions are not the same!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for interaction, April 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Wiggle Waggle (Hardcover)

I am a Kindermusik teacher and just used this book for the first time in my 18 month-3 year old class and they LOVED it! The text is great for repetition of animal sounds/walking sounds, the illustrations are uncluttered and colorful. It is just the right length and the recap at the end gives the kids a chance to repeat everything that we've done before. It will be great fun adding movements to the book in the upcoming weeks. Great book for scaffolding ideas.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun For Everyone!, August 10, 2004

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Ali (South, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiggle Waggle (Board book)

I read this in my tot-time (lap sit) storytime group. The toddlers, some older, some younger, and the adults all had fun with this book. This book not only provides fun and laughter all around it is a great learning excercise. The toddlers and I tried to move like the animals in the book! Delightful! This book knows the attention span of toddlers and hits the spot!