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Summary
Here's a new take on the popular song known to every child. In this version, a collection of animals put their own twist on the words. A new version that stresses individuality and won't fail to amuse every child. Chosen for the 2004 edition of The Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education.
Author Notes
Jan Ormerod was born in Australia on September 23, 1946. She attended art school and studied drawing, painting and sculpture. After completing her degree, she become an Associate of the Western Australian Institute of Technology and Design in Art Education, taught in secondary schools on enrichment programs for talented students, and lectured in a teacher's college and in art schools. Her first picture book, Sunshine, was published in 1981, won the Mother Goose Award, and was voted Australian Picture Book of the Year. She wrote and illustrated more than 50 books in her lifetime including Miss Mouse's Day, Lizzie Nonsense, Rhymes around the Day, Father Christmas and the Donkey, Ben Goes Swimming, Emily Dances, A Twist in the Tail, and Ponko and the South Pole. She also illustrated Sky Dancer by Jack Bushnell. She died after a long illness on January 23, 2013 at the age of 67.
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Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-Delightful, colorful animal figures cavort through the pages of this book that puts a twist on the familiar song. It begins with a little girl singing, "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." But, one by one, a different animal chimes in with his own version of the song. The brown, spotted dog wants to wag his tail. The blue-striped elephant wants to flop his ears around. The colorful toucan wants to clack his beak. On it goes, as the creatures chime in with their special ways of showing how happy they can be. The animals are utterly lovable and ultimately convince the little girl that it's OK to do her own thing and they'll do theirs. The action on each spread gives the story a great deal of energy and the backgrounds are washes of color, from dark pink to yellow to blue. From page to page and animal to animal, each verse is only partially included, so some practice is necessary in order to use it as a read-aloud/sing along. Its ultimate message and unrelenting good cheer will soon have everybody joining in on the fun.-Jane Marino, Scarsdale Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Ormerod (the Miss Mouse books) and Gardiner (the Poppy and Max books) riff on a favorite children's song in what looks to be a surefire circle time favorite. An unnamed girl who brings to mind a blonde version of Gardiner's Poppy character spearheads the merriment. "One day a little girl felt happy. So she sang," begins the text. When the familiar song lyrics follow ("If you're happy and you know it, clap you hands"), eight members of the animal kingdom-fancifully rendered in buoyantly improbable colors and patterns-respond with his or her own version. "No, no, no," a patchwork puppy rejoins. "If you're happy and you know it, wave your tail-swirl, twirl!" Admitting to an unimpressive tail, a striped blue elephant suggests, "Flap your ears!" "Ridiculous!" claims a crocodile, "If you're happy and you know it, snap your teeth-snip, clip!" as he shows off a mouthful of triangular newspaper collage incisors. Gardiner varies the spreads, showcasing each animal to maximum effect: a hyena, in several spot illustrations, rolls with giggles, while a close-up of a gorilla plays up his chest-thumping girth ("boom! boom!"). The wrap-up line feels limp after the energetic lead-in; the preceding pages bubble with infectious glee. Ages 4-8. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
After a joyful little girl ends a verse of the titular song with the direction clap your hands, a series of animals beg to differ: a dog insists that one should wave your tail--swirl, twirl! to express happiness; an elephant prefers to flap your ears--flip, flap!; etc. The be-yourself message is well executed, and the candy-colored double-page spreads exude infectious mirth. From HORN BOOK Fall 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
An exuberant take on the children's song with a cast of adorable animals and an even more adorable little girl adding to the fun. With cheeks like roses, a heart on her T-shirt, and red-and-white striped knee socks, the blonde heroine sings a verse, clapping her hands. But a small brown dog says the thing to do when you're happy is wag your tail. An elephant notes, however, that his tail "is rather insignificant" and so prefers a version involving flapping one's ears. A crocodile wants to snap his teeth "snip, clip!," a gorilla is definitely into thumping his chest, and so it goes through toucans, hyenas, parrots, and kangaroos. It all ends with a rousing chorus of "When you're happy and you know it, do your thing" with girl and all the animals performing en masse. And such animals: the bright blue gorilla has rosy cheeks, as does the pale blue elephant with a striped trunk. The crocodile's teeth seem to be made of newsprint and its body is patchwork; the little brown dog's a cuddly, winsome fellow. A great read-aloud/sing-along, with one caveat: the verses don't wrap to completion as in the original song, because the next animal interrupts the flow to chime in. So the compulsive reader or listener will have to add the last line to tie up the page--possibly making it even more entertaining. (Picture book. 3-7) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
PreS. This exuberant spin on the classic children's song celebrates individuality. A happy little girl first sings the familiar lyrics. "No, no, no," complains the dog on the following spread; "If you're happy and you know it, wave your tail--swirl, twirl!" On each subsequent spread, a different animal adds a verse that presents its own idea of how to show happiness: the elephant flaps its ears, the crocodile snaps its teeth, and so on. Finally, the girl joins her crowd of animal pals for a final, rousing verse, "When you're happy and you know it, do your thing . . . yahoo!" Gardiner's paintings extend Ormerod's sunny, energetic words with a childlike, crayoned look. Illustrations in swirling lines and pastel colors portray the widely grinning characters in all their active, gleeful motion. They will show well to a crowd. Expect little ones to add their own verses to the book's song. --Gillian Engberg