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)
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding 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 |
Age Level: 4-8 |
Grade Level: PreK-3 |
Lexile Measure: 360 AD (Adult Directed Text) |
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 8.6" W x 11.38" L (0.93 lbs) 32 pages |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Picture Storybook, 2006 Coretta Scott King Award, Honor Book, Illustrator, 2003 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007), Winner, Approved, 2002 |
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2002 pg. 1126 Publishers Weekly 08/12/2002 pg. 299 School Library Journal 09/01/2002 pg. 189 Booklist 10/15/2002 pg. 406 BookPage 11/01/2002 pg. 20 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2002 pg. 151 Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2003 pg. 68 Booklist 02/15/2003 pg. 1084 ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2003 pg. 1297 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 168 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 168 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw School Library Journal 10/01/2004 |
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 |
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