We've All Got Bellybuttons! - Hardcover

Martin, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 076361775X ISBN 13: 9780763617752

Publisher: Candlewick, 2005

Synopsis

In David Martin's rollicking romp, playfully illustrated by Randy Cecil, little ones can follow the actions of animal babies and discover all the wonderful ways their bodies can move.

We've got ears, and you do too.
We can pull them.
Can you?

We've all got hands for clapping, necks for stretching, and feet for kicking. We've all got eyes that close and mouths that open (and often do). But best of all, as this colorful menagerie is happy to display, we've all got bellybuttons — for tickle-tickle-tickling!

About this title

About the Author

David Martin is the author of many award-winning books, including FIVE LITTLE PIGGIES and some of Candlewick Press's most popular Brand New Readers: MONKEY TROUBLE, MONKEY BUSINESS, PIGGY AND DAD, and PIGGY AND DAD PLAY. Of this book he says, "WE'VE ALL GOT BELLYBUTTONS! was originally a song about the things we have in common with elephants. Whenever I sing it to children, I always stop and say, 'But there's one special thing I'm thinking about that I have, and you have, and elephants have too. Can you guess what it is?' Over the years kids have guessed heart, feet, blood, bones, skin, hair, souls, and love. But no one has ever guessed bellybutton!"

Randy Cecil graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including ONE IS A SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre, which was named an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, and AND HERE'S TO YOU! by David Elliott. Of WE'VE ALL GOT BELLYBUTTONS!, he says, "As I started the paintings for this book, I realized I had painted only one bellybutton before — on an endpaper of AND HERE'S TO YOU! Ten books and just one bellybutton? Well, this book should make up for that. (Mine's an inny.)"

Reviews

PreSchool-K - In this rhythmic romp, cartoon animals and their young explore the various ways in which their bodies can move and invite youngsters to play along. Each bright, candy-colored spread features a family of animals chanting a perky rhyme about a particular body part and motion. For instance, the monkeys declare: "We've got hands, and you do too./We can clap them./Can you?" Children will eagerly follow along as elephants pull on their ears, giraffes stretch their necks, zebras kick their feet, leopards close their eyes, and hippos open their mouths. Finally, all of the creatures join together to look at their bellybuttons, and a ticklefest leads to giggles all around. Martin's vivacious verse and Cecil's happily goofy oil illustrations are perfectly matched. This book will be a hit at storytimes as well as a favorite with children just beginning to read. - Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha's Public Library, WI
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Edition details

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076361775X
• ISBN 13: 9780763617752
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cecil Randy
• Number of pages: 32