From Head to Toe

An elephant lifts its heavy foot and brings it down with a mighty stomp. A giraffe bends its long neck, a gorilla thumps its broad chest, and a monkey waves its arms high in the air. Each animal turns to you with the same challenge, showing what its body can do and waiting to see if yours can follow. Page by page Eric Carle's bright collages march from heads and shoulders down to legs and toes, turning reading into wiggling, kicking, shrugging and bending. It is loud, wobbly, giggly exercise. Now it is your turn to move and prove that you can do it too.