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  Text copyright © 2010 by Lindsey Craig Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Marc Brown

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Craig, Lindsey. Dancing feet! / by Lindsey Craig; illustrated by Marc Brown. — 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: Easy-to-read, rhyming text depicts different animals dancing. eISBN: 978-0-375-98580-5 [1. Stories in rhyme. 2. Dance—Fiction. 3. Animals—Fiction.] I. Brown, Marc Tolon, ill. II. Title. PZ8.3.C84367Dan 2010 [E]—dc22 2009039372

  The illustrations in this book were created using hand-painted papers and a collage technique that focused on cutting the paper into primary shapes.

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  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  First Page

  About the Author and Illustrator

  For Mary and Lucy—my darling dancers!

  —L.C.

  For Leo Lionni, with considerable admiration

  —M.B.

  Tippity! Tippity!

  Little black feet!

  Who is dancing

  that tippity beat?

  Ladybugs are dancing

  on tippity feet.

  Tippity! Tippity!

  Happy feet!

  Stompity! Stompity!

  Big gray feet!

  Who is dancing

  that stompity beat?

  Elephant is dancing

  on stompity feet.

  Stompity! Stompity!

  Happy feet!

  Slappity! Slappity!

  Webbed orange feet!

  Who is dancing

  that slappity beat?

  Ducks are dancing

  on slappity feet.

  Slappity! Slappity!

  Happy feet!

  Creepity! Creepity!

  Lots of purple feet!

  Who is dancing

  that creepity beat?

  Caterpillar’s dancing

  on creepity feet.

  Creepity! Creepity!

  Happy feet!

  Thumpity! Thumpity!

  Furry brown feet!

  Who is dancing

  that thumpity beat?

  Bear is dancing

  on thumpity feet.

  Thumpity! Thumpity!

  Happy feet!

  Clickity! Clickity!

  Long green feet!

  Who is dancing

  that clickity beat?

  Lizard is dancing

  on clickity feet.

  Clickity! Clickity!

  Happy feet!

  Stampity! Stampity!

  Hear our feet!

  Who is dancing

  that stampity beat?

  We are dancing

  on stampity feet.

  Stampity! Stampity!

  Happy feet!

  Creepity!

  Tippity!

  Thumpity!

  Slappity!

  Stompity!

  Clickity!

  Stampity!

  Happy, happy

  dancing feet!

  About the Author and Illustrator

  Lindsey Craig grew up in a dancing and singing family. She often wakes up tapping her foot and hears music in everyday things, from honking cars to thrumming crickets. She has written a musical, and her children’s play, Cinderella’s Shakespeare, is performed nationwide. Dancing Feet! is her first foray into children’s books. She lives with her husband and children on a small island in Washington State.

  Marc Brown is the creator of Arthur, the star of many picture books and a six-time Emmy Award–winning PBS television show. He is also the illustrator of Buying, Training & Caring for Your Dinosaur, by Laura Joy Rennert, and the New York Times bestsellers Wild About Books and Born to Read, by Judy Sierra. He lives on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City.

  Lindsey Craig and Marc Brown are at work on their next picture-book collaboration for Knopf, Farmyard Beat.

 

 

  Lindsey Craig, Dancing Feet!

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