Rate this book

Rupert Can Dance (2014)

by Jules Feiffer(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0374363633 (ISBN13: 9780374363635)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

review 1: Mandy's cat Rupert loves to dance. While his human companion dances all the time, he watches her carefully, never revealing that he dances while she's asleep. When his secret is revealed, Mandy ruins his pleasure in his pastime by trying to give him dance lessons. In the end she is able to coax him out through the use of psychology. The illustrations show the delight the two gain from their movement, but the ending fell flat for me. I loved seeing them dance together, but I kept thinking about how Rupert preferred to dance just for the pleasure of it. The author/illustrator is right, though, in reminding readers about the differences between cats and dogs.
review 2: A girl named Mandy tries to give dance lessons to her cat Rupert who loves to dance in his own w... moreay. This was an okay story, but it lacked charm, cohesion, and diversity, and it also needed some standard English language and grammar lessons (ellipsis misuse on page one and cannot is one word). Not a terrible book but definitely meant for middle-to-upper-class white girls (and maybe boys) interested in dance. less

Download links for: Rupert Can Dance

Advertising