Bobbie Peyton, Diobelle Cerna (Illustrator)
2023 32 pages(Sleeping Bear Press)
9781534111967
1534111964
Jojo, come dance!” Lola calls, inviting him to leap between the clapping and slapping bamboo poles and dance the tinikling with her. Whirling, twirling, and singing in Tagalog, Jojo tries but trips. Lola dances between the two poles easily, the same way she dances between their American and Filipino cultures–Jojo knows that dance! And finally, spinning and hopping to the rhythm of his life, he’s dancing the tinikling
Why I like this book: Dancing the Tinikling is a book about a Filipino grandmother and grandson. There’s cultural representation and a boy dancing with his grandmother. This book is a great book for teaching about movement.
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