Kitchen Dance
Maurie J. Manning, . . Clarion, $16 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-618-99110-5
Drawn from their beds by noises downstairs, the narrator and her little brother, Tito, peer into the kitchen to find that their parents have turned dinner cleanup into a rambunctious, Latin-flavored song and dance number. Mama swishes her ruffled skirt and Papa croons into a wooden spoon (“¡Cómo te quiero! Oh, how I love you. Umm, hmm”). The performance reaches its peak with a flourish worthy of Fred and Ginger: “My mother twists, and my father catches her by the waist and bends her low,” writes Manning (
Reviewed on: 10/13/2008
Genre: Children's