"Daniel Pinkwater’s
Dancing Larry
receives zany and fun drawings by Jill Pinkwater as it tells of a bear who has
many talents. When he confronts a strict teacher who believes bears have no
place in ballet, he becomes determined to learn how in this whimsical
tale."
Children’s
Bookwatch,
June 2006
"The wacky story is clever,
genial, and full of the droll humor found in other books about Larry. Energetic
pictures of the active bears, done with simple lines, are particularly funny.
This imaginative, lovable polar bear will be welcomed back by young
readers."
School Library
Journal,
June, 2006
"From the series that began
with
Young Larry
(1997) and
At the Hotel
Larry
(1997), this unusual picture book combines a good story
with colorful artwork that creates a world like, yet unlike, our own. Just as
Larry’s voice lends a distinctive tone to the narrative, Pinkwater’s
polar bear images, set against the cheery colors of the Bayonne, New Jersey,
backdrop, make a distinctive visual
statement."
Booklist,
March 15, 2006
"Daniel Pinkwater’s language is a thing of
beauty; Larry’s elocution can unfurl like a banner in the breeze ("I
have a great desire to tell a story and express feelings through
movement"). But it is the deadpan quality of the text that serves as tinder
igniting the drollery. The ridiculousness is broadened by Jill Pinkwater’s
pen-and-ink artwork: Larry was clearly born to legwarmers, and Madame Swoboda is
a smoky vision straight from Central
Europe."
Kirkus
Reviews,
February 15, 2006
