Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles – Think of That!
Author: Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon Category: Action and Adventure, Biographies and Non-Fiction, Black History, Dance, Elementary School, Poetry and Lyrical Stories, Preschool Publisher: Blue Sky Press Country: United States Language: English Reading Age: Elementary School, Preschool More DetailsWith bold paintings and a simple, rhyming text, Caldecott Medalists Leo & Diane Dillon bring young readers a rap a tap tap celebration of dance that will have readers clapping and tapping along.
“There once was a man who danced in the street / He brought pleasure and joy to the people he’d greet / He didn’t just dance, he made art with his feet / Rap a tap tap–think of that!” This simple book for young children has the added bonus of describing the life of a ground-breaking African-American tap dancer. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1920s-30s. People said he “talked with his feet,” and in the Dillons’ graceful paintings of old New York, he dances from page to page to the tune of a toe-tapping rhyme. Rap a tap tap–think of that!
Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles – Think of That!
Written and illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
Source: Publisher (Blue Sky Press)
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