Move Your Mood!

The authors behind How I Learn: A Kid’s Guide to Learning Disability suggest activity as a way to keep the blues at bay, introducing a parade of animals that show off a variety of movements. “Twist out tired!/ Twist. Twist. Twist./ Wiggle out worried!/ Wiggle like this!” they write as a giraffe wearing boots and a top hat bends its neck into a loop, and a pig in a knit cap and scarf sends mud spraying as it shakes itself to the left and right. Clifton-Brown never lets her anthropomorphically accessorized animals look too dour (except perhaps for a cowboy cow in the opening scene, shown sitting beside some very droopy cacti), providing a secondary boost of positive thinking. Parental advice and activity suggestions are included. Ages 4–8. Illustrator’s agent: Nicole Tugeau, T2 Children’s Illustrators. (Apr.)