If You're Jolly and You Know It

by Aly Fronis, Yi-Hsuan Wu (Illustrator)

Overview

Clap your hands for this jolly, Christmas-themed twist on the classic children's song "If You're Happy and You Know It"!

If you're jolly and you know it,
clap your hands!
If you're jolly and you know it,
clap your hands!
If you're jolly and you know it,
and you really want to show it-
if you're jolly and you know it,
clap your hands!

The Christmas characters in the book all want to show how joyful they are! Filled with jolly Mr. and Mrs. Claus clapping hands, helpful elves nodding their heads, silly nutcrackers stomping their feet, merry bears snapping their fingers, and more, little ones will love this cheerful, Christmas-themed twist on the song "If You're Happy and You Know It"!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499811476
Publisher:	little bee books
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	657,628
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Aly Fronis was born and raised in Connecticut. She enjoys coming up with story ideas, cooking, and traveling. Aly now lives in New York City, where she works as a children's book editor.

Yi-Hsuan Wu is a Taiwanese artist specializing in children's books. After graduating from National Taiwan University of Arts with a bachelor's degree in visual communication design, she began her career as a full-time illustrator. To date, she has illustrated over 50 children's books! When not making art, Yi-Hsuan enjoys going on adventures with her parrot, Sparky. Learn more about Yi-Hsuan at yihsuanwuillustration.com

Editorial Reviews

09/21/2020

Following Fronis’s 2016 Halloween interpretation, If You’re Spooky and You Know It, this Christmas rendition of a classic song sets the stage in a sweetly colored winter wonderland. “If you’re jolly/ and you know it,/ clap your hands,” the text instructs, as Mr. and Mrs. Claus smile at each other, dance, and clap in a goldenrod-painted room with a Christmas tree. Subsequent pages feature elves and nutcrackers with varying skin tones and hair textures, as well as anthropomorphic ice-skating polar bears and reindeer wearing multicolored accessories. Though the song itself offers few surprises, Wu’s cheerful illustrations—particularly a gray mouse in a pom-pom-bedecked beanie and striped scarf whom readers can follow through the pages—will keep toddlers entertained. Ages 2–5. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly