The award-winning author of Kitten and the Night Watchman is back with an inspiring and poignant picture book about a boy learning the self-confidence to fulfill his dream of dancing in front of his peers.
The only audience shy, quiet Stanley dances in front of is his pet mice, Squeaker and Nibbles. He also practices when he’s alone in empty classrooms or the gym when he helps the janitor after school, tap dancing shuffle, tippy-tap, tippy-tap. “Talent should be shared,” encourages Principal Reynolds. Can Stanley find the courage to perform in the school talent show?---from the publisher
48 pages 978-1534487833 Ages 4-8
Keywords: self acceptance, boys and men, dance, believing in yourself, school talent show, courage, self confidence, self image, self esteem, being yourself, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old
Read alikes: John's Turn by Mac Barnett; When Langston Dances by Kaija Langley
