Fritz Danced The Fandango - Hardcover

Alicia Potter holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College and works as a freelance journalist and book reviewer for magazines such as Family Fun, Elle, and Self. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
ETHAN LONG is the award-winning author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including TICKLE THE DUCK! and STOP KISSING ME!. He is also the creator of TASTY TIME WITH ZEFRONK on Playhouse Disney. He lives in Orlando, Florida, with his wife and their three children, and sleeps soundly most nights.

PreSchool-Grade 2—Feeling that his talents are unappreciated, a goat leaves his herd in the mountains to follow his muse and find a fandango-dancing flock. Alas, he can only find a yodeling ewe and a glockenspiel-playing dog. The three of them wander together trying fruitlessly to find dancing goats, until Fritz goes off alone, giving up hope of fulfillment. Then the sound of hooves brings him back to find his friends dancing the fandango and offering themselves as his new "herd." The joyful conclusion features dancing, yodeling, and glockenspiel pinging as the pals cavort across the hills. This homage to following one's dream and the value of friendship features short sentences and a straightforward plot. The workmanlike art depicts big-eyed, daffy-looking characters set against a spare, Saturday-morning-cartoon background of blue sky and purple hills. Libraries in need of additional material celebrating individuality might consider this title.—Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WI
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