A dog wiggles its way through this lively story in rhyme. "Wiggle" is fun to say over and over when reading aloud.

Our copy of the book came courtesy of Cheerios back in 2006. ( )

Full of energy and whimsy, this book is a great one to help the active listeners get their wiggles out with movement and rhyme. This would be a great one to include for storytime when the wiggles have begun or would make for a terrific choice for an inclusive storytime. ( )

There is a dog that loves to wiggle. From the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep. The dog even gets other types of animals and insects to wiggle along with him. Book show that it is fun to have an imagination and to have fun with it.The author's craft is that she uses words that readers can comprehend. Also there is a repetition that readers will be able to catch on while reading. The drawing are very well drawn so that readers can tell whats going on. She uses punctuation in her writing to express the emotion within the story. There is the use of some words being more bigger than other words, that express what the dog is doing and what happened to the dog. ( )

Simple book. Repeating the word wiggle often. ( )

22 months - you loved this from the moment you flipped through the pages in the car. I wasn't so thrilled on the illustrations but it can be a fun read if you get silly and wiggle along. ( )

A sing-song type story about a dog wiggling all the time with everything and everyone. This could be a fun interactive story with younger kids if you get them to dance like the dog in the book. Doesn't really have a story but it would be used as a time in class to move and get out your energy. When kids are getting fidgety or every morning to help them wake up, getting them to stand up and wiggle helps to get their energy out so that they can focus. This could be a cute tool for that with younger students. ( )

Wiggle made the perfect ending for the dance-themed storytime I did this week for various ages. The shorter text and opportunity to participate in the story by wiggling as indicated worked well for the younger kids and those who were just worn out by paying attention for almost half an hour! The art, Scott Menchin, was rendered digitally and is mostly composed of cartoon style characters and objects with a few photographed objects thrown in for spice. My favorite spread has the text "If you wiggle with your breakfast, it might wind up on your head." The left page shows our puppy protagonist flipping a photographed pancake out of his skillet, his wiggly self not quite contained by his outlines. The right page shows the pancake now upon the wiggly puppy's head, covering one eye. Particularly suited to toddlers, I highly recommend this for wiggly storytime groups.

Used for dance themed storytimes March of 2009: Terrific Ts, Preschool and Family. ( )

Do you wiggle out of your bed? Then it talks about do you wiggle when you make breakfats but if you do it will wind up on your head. Then it says wiggle in your underwear to can you wiggle with your toys.Then wiggling with a crocodile you open big wide. At the end, we are out of wiggles for now see you wiggle soon.

I like this book. It is a good way to get children energized for the day. A teacher can incorporate movement rather than the kids sitting still and listening. They can probably predict read because the word "wiggle" is on every page. This book is geared toward a young audience but can be fun for an older audience. The author's website is http://www.doreencronin.com/doreen.html. This is a really good website for teachers. It has activities to do along with the books. The website allows anyone to write to the author and also has a place to "meet the characters".

This is a wonderfully active book for the youngest readers. The book is bright and uses easy repetitions. There will be no difficulty in getting the students involved in this one once its opened! Every page lends way to another possible movements and other learning opportunities! The author's website is http://www.doreencronin.com/doreen.html and it contains many useful resources and activities for Cronin's literature! ( )

We follow a cute dog, who wiggles throughout his day. He encourages the reader to wiggle in their clothes and wiggle on the moon. It’s a fantastic invitation to get up and get some exercise.

I like the fact that instead of just illustrations, some objects in the story are pictures on the page. I also love the exercise you can get when you read this book. This is not really from the dog’s point of view but rather a series of questions: Can you wiggle when (fill in the blank.)

In class, we would definitely get up and wiggle with the story. I would only read this to little ones, so I think the wiggling is appropriate. I would also let them tell me some other places they would wiggle and we could make a list as a class.

Sill, interactive, two-year old Henry likes to read it and play with the illustrations over and over again ( )

Rhyming text describes the many ways to wiggle.

There's not a lot of story here, but there is plenty of fun as a playful, rump-shaking pup leads toddlers through some of the many ways to move around: "Do you wake up with a wiggle?/Do you wiggle out of bed?/If you wiggle with your breakfast,/it might wind up on your head." The dog goes on to jiggle and dance with various objects and creatures before falling asleep beneath the moon. Menchin's lively, digitally rendered art incorporates elements of reality–photographic bits and pieces–that are well integrated into broad, bright cartoon illustrations. Cronin's nonsensical text is rhythmic and buoyant. Pair this sunny, silly book with Jonathan London's Wiggle Waggle (1999) or Katie Davis's Who Hops? (1998, both Harcourt) for an active storytime about animals in motion.

From School Library Journal
PreS–There's not a lot of story here, but there is plenty of fun as a playful, rump-shaking pup leads toddlers through some of the many ways to move around: "Do you wake up with a wiggle?/Do you wiggle out of bed?/If you wiggle with your breakfast,/it might wind up on your head." The dog goes on to jiggle and dance with various objects and creatures before falling asleep beneath the moon. Menchin's lively, digitally rendered art incorporates elements of reality–photographic bits and pieces–that are well integrated into broad, bright cartoon illustrations. Cronin's nonsensical text is rhythmic and buoyant. Pair this sunny, silly book with Jonathan London's Wiggle Waggle (1999) or Katie Davis's Who Hops? (1998, both Harcourt) for an active storytime about animals in motion.– Kathy Krasniewicz, Perrot Library, Old Greenwich, CT
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Reviewed by Ilene Cooper in Booklist (5/1/2005, Vol. 101 Issue 17, p1586-1586, 1p) Found through HW Wilson collection http://login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/l...