About this item
In this lyrical read-aloud filled with rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney, follow a little girl as she dances her way to bedtime. Mama says, "Lollipop, stop! Stop!Jumping snapping nonstop."Arms and shoulders pop 'n' lock.Lollie's dancing hip-hop.Watch as Lollipop grooves her way through her bedtime routine, brushing her teeth to the beat and shimmying into pjs. She sways along with her sister, her parents, and even some enthusiastic pets until, finally, Lollie closes her eyes and dances through her dreams. Susan Montanari and Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney offer a playful bedtime read-aloud that perfectly captures the joy of music, movement, and family.
About the Author
Susan McElroy Montanari spent the majority of her life on the beach and tidal creeks surrounding Savannah, Georgia. While living in Connecticut, Susan was a finalist in two categories for the 2010 Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children's Literature: one for her picture book, My Dog's A Chicken, and the other for her middle-grade novel, The Day Sasquatch Ate My Journal. Schwartz & Wade an imprint of Penguin Random House published My Dog's A Chicken, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf, Who's The Grossest of them All, Goldilocks For Dinner (2019) illustrated by Jake Parker and Hip Hop Lollipop, illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Source Books will be publishing The Holloween Tree illustrated by Theresa Martinez in 2019. Susan's hobbies include gardening, scuba diving, natural science, legend tripping, and cryptozoology. She has three daughters and two sons-in-law. After several productive years in Norwalk, Connecticut she returned home to Savannah, Georgia, where she resides with her husband, Dan.
