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On Our Way! What a Day! by JaNay Brown-Wood
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Jan 07, 2025 | ISBN 9780593110751

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* “On Gram’s birthday, six musical siblings scour the city to find the perfect gift. A bouncing, repeating rhyme follows the children like a wandering jazz solo as they search for a present for their grandmother on their way to her apartment. They find various rhythmic knickknacks on their path—a ‘scritchy-scratchy pinecone,’ ‘three jingly-jangly quarters,’ ‘some tippy-tappy pencils,’ and more—but nothing seems quite right. . . . Each child claims one of the rejected items and brings it along, recognizing potential treasure within an otherwise mundane object. A stream of musical notes trails the children as they tap, jangle, and swish all the way to their grandmother’s place. . . . Using the objects they’ve collected as makeshift instruments, the family celebrates raucously, proving that the best gift of all is love—and a catchy beat! Digital illustrations in vibrant bursts of color provide a stellar backdrop of detailed scenes that readers will pore over, with jazz posters on the walls of the family’s charming Victorian house, swirling musical notes, and expressive cartoon faces unique to each child. . . . A toe-tapping journey to Grandmother’s house that will have readers begging for an encore.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Six children set out with energy and excitement, crossing a city on foot and by bus to celebrate their grandmother’s birthday, in this musical telling. . . . On each spread, one of the children discovers a treasure, announcing it in an easily remembered verse formula. . . . From ‘jingly-jangly’ quarters on the bus floor to ‘tippy-tappy’ pencils from a boutique, Brown-Wood (Jam, Too?) highlights each object’s signature sound as the sonic layers build. Digital spreads peppered with music notes capture dancing movements that clearly represent rhythm as part of the journey, until the family arrives to warmth and more tunes at Gram’s house. It’s a party of a readaloud that shows how an interesting sound, its own kind of gift, can come from nearly anywhere.” —Publishers Weekly

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