| Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That! Contributor(s): Dillon, Leo (Author), Dillon, Diane (Author), Dillon, Diane (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0590478834 ISBN-13: 9780590478830 Publisher: Blue Sky Press (AZ) OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2002 Annotation: This simple book for young children tells the life story of a groundbreaking African-American tap dancer, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most popular entertainers of the 1920s. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Dance - Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - United States - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2001043896 |
| Lexile Measure: 360 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 8.6" W x 11.38" (0.93 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 63504 Reading Level: 1.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With 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 |