Hip-Hop Lollipop by Susan Montanari, Brian Pinkney
Published by Schwartz & Wade Books on October 2nd 2018
ISBN: 1101934824
Pages: 32
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Hip-Hop Lollipop by Susan McElroy Montanari and illustrated by Brian Pinkney is a joyful bedtime or anytime celebration made to be read aloud. Full of rhythm and rhyme this hip-hop ode to a happy family will get bodies swaying and fingers snapping. A little girl is sent off to bed, but she cannot contain her dancing. With her sister, “Teeth brushing. Music crushing! Bass thumping! Shoulders pumping! Head rotation. Jubilation!” With the help of dog, cat, mom, and dad, the little girl gets into bed and dreams hip-hop. Brian Pinkney’s ink and watercolor swirls of movement on every page match the beat of the text. Practice reading this aloud, get the rhythm, and enjoy sharing it with a three to seven your old.  Highly recommended.

Reviewed by Margy Soule, Coffin School, Brunswick, Maine.