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Little Sophie Adams has a song in her heart and it needs to come out! The only problem is...no one except the crickets appreciates this cowgirl's serenades -- until something even louder comes along! With an irresistible text by Dayle Ann Dodds that invites you to holler along and wildly, wonderfully inventive illustrations by Rosanne Litzinger, Sing, Sophie! proves that there's nothing that can't be fixed with a song!
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3Fabulous cowgirl fiction. Sophie can make up rhymes and sing them with heart. But it's too hot for her family to appreciate her talent. She is brushed off by her mom, her sister, her brother, and finally her dad, all of whom are otherwise occupied. And what songs to scorn! "Ducks and geese, they make me sneeze, I have freckles on my knees....My ears are big, my head is small, it doesn't bother me at all....`Cause I'm a cowgirl, Yippee-ky-yo!" When a nighttime thunderstorm arrives, her baby brother can only be soothed by Sophie's singing "louder than thunder, stronger than lightning." Dodds creates a spirited, funny heroine, giving readers a glimpse at what younger times might have been like for Slue-foot Sue and Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind. Litzinger uses vibrant shades of pink, coral, and green to match Sophie's funky originality. With watercolors, gouache, and pencil, she sketches faces with tiny eyes. The figures resemble a `90s update of Joan Walsh Anglund's folks, but with lots more humor and character. The font used for the songs looks hand-lettered, emphasizing the unique style of the rhymes. This crooner deserves center stage.Jacqueline Elsner, Athens Regional Library, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
"My dog ran off, my cat has fleas,/ My fish won't swim, and I hate peas./ But I'm a cowgirl through and through,/ Yippie-ky-yee!/ Yippee-ky-yuu!" sings Sophie. Half Shirley Temple, half Little Lulu, Dodds's (The Shape of Things) insouciant heroine shouts, "I've got a song in my heart and it needs to come out." When none of the members of her family wants to listen, the irrepressible Sophie drags her guitar out to the field to sing to the corn and crickets. Whimsical and appealing, each of Sophie's songs is filled with pint-sized cowgirl blues, and when baby Jacob in inconsolable during a storm, it is Sophie's music, "louder than thunder, stronger than lightning," that saves the day. Litzinger's (Louella Mae, She's Run Away!, reviewed Mar. 31) exuberant watercolor and pencil illustrations, with their daffily skewed scales and perspectives, express the boundless joy of Sophie's enthusiasms, while her cleverly designed scenes feature bemused barnyard animals and Sophie's patient family as she sings her heartfelt tunes. There is such upbeat cheer in each of Sophie's country and western laments and such droll humor in the illustrations of her foot-stomping story that readers are sure to sing "Yippee-ky-yee!" right along with her. Ages 5-8. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
Sophie, with her ten-gallon hat, cowboy boots, and trusty guitar, just loves to sing, but her family does not want to listen. When a fierce thunderstorm descends on their farm, it is finally Sophie's rollicking songs that stop baby Jacob's crying. The perky, stylized, and affectionate illustrations keep pace with Sophie: slightly subdued when she's been shushed, bursting with energy when she sings. From HORN BOOK 1997, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
