Baby Loves to Boogie!

Wednesday Kirwan. S&S/Little Simon, $5.99 (30p) ISBN 978-1-4814-0383-2

Kirwan reprises the formula of 2013’s Baby Loves to Rock!, showing off the dancing preferences of several animals as she heads toward a finale that has a kewpie doll of a baby striking poses worthy of Saturday Night Fever. Along the way, her stylized Day-Glo cartoons introduce animals and dancing styles with playful, alliterative wordplay: “There are jitterbugs/ and a jump, jivin’ whale,” writes Kirwan on one spread, while the “eel-ectric slide” and three rows of line-dancing ants in cowboy hats and boots make later appearances. Toe-tapping, hip-shaking fun. Ages 1–4. Agent: Tugeau 2. (June)

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