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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 811.54 EAN: 9780805062311 ISBN: 0805062319 Label: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: March 15, 1999 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In dynamic words and dramatic pictures, Earthdance invites young readers to become not just part of the earth, but Earth itself. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Beautiful! And my 20 students agree!I picked this story up in the Spring to read to my first grade class around Earth Day. First I read it to them with the illustrations, and then we read it a second time, with the children closing their eyes and visualizing. They loved this and produced the most amazing drawings, with writing of how they'd dance upon the Earth. I recommend this book highly to parents or teachers for a variety of reasons: It is beautiful, it inspires imagination, and it reflects love for the Earth. Rating: - Incredibly moving book!Not knowing the subject of this book, I sat down to read "Earth Dance" out loud to my young daughter (not because she can't read, but because we enjoy reading to each other). I began as I usually begin a book -- finding the passion in the words and the mood of the illustrations as I read out loud. I was immediately enchanted by the beauty of the words in this poem, and so moved by the message that, to my surprise, tears began to well in my eyes! I was reading the line "You are twirling so ... Read More 
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