Want to get your little ones up and moving this holiday season? Let’s dance! Check out this list of picture books, hand-picked by our Youth Services Department staff, that will encourage kids to dance, dance, dance!
All of the titles featured here we have in our collection. To see if an item is available to check out or place on hold, click the cover image or button to the right of the description.
Wiggle
by Doreen Cronin
A dog wiggles his way through the day, with infectious rhymes that invite readers to wiggle along with him.
Monster Boogie
by Laurie Berkner
Monsters aren’t scary, they just like to dance! Monsters love to boogie and want you to boogie too!
Dance with the Animals: Shake Your Tail and Stomp Your Feet
by Ella Bailey
Children will love to dance with this cast of colorful animal characters. Perfect to read together, kids can follow the simple instructions to create their own dance moves.
How Do You Dance?
by Thyra Heder
There are so many ways to dance! You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance at the market or the bus stop, with your fingers or your face. You can dance because you’re happy or even because you’re sad. But what’s the best way to dance? Exactly how you want to! There are so many ways to dance! You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance at the market or the bus stop, with your fingers or your face. You can dance because you’re happy or even because you’re sad.
Everybunny Dance!
by Ellie Sandall
Bunnies dance, play, sing, all while including you in the dancing fun! Do you have a bunny’s rhythm?
Salsa Lullaby
by Jen Arena
How to get baby to sleep? Mami and Papi will try anything in this bouncy, loving, bilingual lullaby that gently says good night in both Spanish and English.
From Head to Toe
by Eric Carle
Can you do it? ‘I can do it!’ is the confidence-building message of this fun-filled interactive picture book. A variety of familiar animals invite young children to copy their antics, and as they play, they will learn such important skills as careful listening, focusing attention, and following instructions.
Stomp
by Ian Aurora
Readers will be up and out of their chairs as they follow―and stomp―along with the diverse group of children and adults featured in this rowdy read. From stomping really fast to stomping while you wiggle all your toes, this interactive title promises to be an engaging and fun read.
Clap
by Josie Silver
Clap is a book where we all clap along because sometimes a book has a beat like a song! This fun twist on a call and response picture book has kids clapping their way through the story. Pick up Clap to read aloud and get ready for things to get a little loud!
How Can You Dance?
by Rick Walton
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.
Want more recommendations?
You can check out all of our online booklists (for kids and for adults), or reach out to us! Our staff is ready and willing to make reading, listening, or viewing recommendations to you! Email us at reference@benlib.org or contact us via our online form!