Publisher's Weekly Review
Kirwan reprises the formula of 2013's Baby Loves to Rock!, showing off the dancing preferences of several animals as she heads toward a finale that has a kewpie doll of a baby striking poses worthy of Saturday Night Fever. Along the way, her stylized Day-Glo cartoons introduce animals and dancing styles with playful, alliterative wordplay: "There are jitterbugs/ and a jump, jivin' whale," writes Kirwan on one spread, while the "eel-ectric slide" and three rows of line-dancing ants in cowboy hats and boots make later appearances. Toe-tapping, hip-shaking fun. Ages 1-4. Agent: Tugeau 2. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
A baby and a bevy of animals demonstrate a variety of dance moves.With one sentence per page, the text is a mix of puns, jokes and rhymes that, while clever, will likely go over the heads of core board-book readers: The apes like to orang-o-tango / and the sloths like to slow dance. // The kangaroos can boogaloo, / and the flamingo can flamenco. Each critter mentioned is depicted in bright colors dancing in their requisite style against bold backgrounds. The goofy cartoons are not as successful as those in Kirwans earlier offering, Baby Loves to Rock (2013), but the tap-dancing woodpecker and the toucan doing the cancan are delightful standouts. As in the first title, a double-page spread appears at three different junctures, asking a variation of But who loves to boogie? in a graphic, bold display type floating in a disco setting. On the last two pages, readers learn that Baby loves to boogie, woogie, / BOOGIE! and three images of a Caucasian baby, likely the same child in as the companion title, bop across the page.Fans of Baby Loves to Rock will get a kick out of this infants moves, but the humor is still too adult to pretend this is a book for actual babies. (Board book. 1-3) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Kirwan rolls out a whole parade of hotfooting beasts in this helpful aid to getting your toddler to rhythmically wiggle his or her butt (i.e., dance). Each page features a bright primary color background and one or more heavily stylized animals getting funky. The apes like to orang-o-tango, and the sloths like to slow dance. The kangaroos can boogaloo, and the flamingo can flamenco. Then the refrain: But who loves to boogie? Spoiler alert: it's Baby, who, in a final spread, is decked out in Saturday Night Fever garb beneath a twinkling disco ball. The sturdy pages should withstand even the worst dance maniacs.--Kraus, Daniel Copyright 2014 Booklist
