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Book Title:
Giraffes Can’t Dance
Author:
Giles Andreae
Illustrator:
Guy Parker-Rees
Type of Book:
Picture Book
Age Level:
4-8
My Star Rating:
****
Summary
- Gerald, the Giraffe, cannot dance, and his feelings get hurt as all the other animals that dance beautifully, make fun of him. He leaves the jungle dance party, and discovers a different type of music that is perfect, just for him.
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My Thoughts
- What a fantastic book! I love this because it brings the arts back into the classroom, while teaching a valuable lesson. For some people, things may come harder than for others, but that doesn’t mean that someone is doomed, and that we should just accept their failure. It just means another approach may be needed, and isn’t that what we, as future teachers, are learning everyday…differentiation. In this book, Gerald could not dance as well as the other animals, but all he really needed was someone to take the time to help him find his own music, and then he soared. He out-danced all of his friends, and he finally thought of himself as a dancer. This book just proves that we as teachers need to pay attention to the different struggles of our students, and try to find individualized our instruction for them, so that we can help them learn to soar.
How to Use in the Classroom
- I would love to use this in my classroom to teach the different styles of music, and the different styles of dance that are mentioned. I would love to get the kids up and moving, especially when they need to get all their jitters out. –I love to bring performance into the classroom, whenever possible, and this book mixes literacy and performance, which I absolutely adore. I could also see myself using this book to show the kids that if they are struggling with something, that maybe they just need to try a different way, that giving up is not the answer.
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