Bibliographic Citation: McQuinn, Anna. If You're Happy and You Know It. Illustrated by Sophie Fatus. Barefoot Books, 2009. 24 pages. ISBN: 978-1846862885.
Format: Hardcover
Age Group: Ages 2-4 Years
Annotation: This sing-along book takes the reader on an adventure through many
countries where the children are all singing “If You are Happy and You Know It.”
Reflection: This sing-along book uses repetition and rhyming pairs of words set to catchy music to make it easy for children to remember the lyrics. The book continually repeats a chorus line of “If you’re happy and you know it, __________!” The chorus is repeated again and followed with “If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,” then repeats the chorus line again. This interactive book encourages participation from the audience as they sing and clap their hands, stamp their feet, pat their head, touch their nose, etc. The book ends with many children of all ethnicities holding hands and saying hello in their native languages and wearing their traditional clothing. The last pages of the book show the names of those children and the countries they are from. The colorful acrylic illustrations of different locations with children of different cultures playing together teach children about diversity.
Categorization Tags: Children’s Songs
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