Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That!

I read every day to my boys sometimes twice a day depending on the book. This book I'm excited to say even made the present to my class list. When I read it to my toddler and kindergarten I have the 5 year old tap the either his hand on an item or tap his feet. The toddler joins in. They love it and they get a bit of history. We need more books like these. Fun to read and fun to learn.

This is an absolutely delightful rhyming book, my children really adore it.

In addition to all the great reviews about the beautiful pictures in this book, I really like the fact that it is easy to read while learning about a key historical figure. My 2 yr old is REALLY into music - just about anything to do with it. I saw this book in the preschool room and knew I had to find it for him. The first night I read it to him, by the third refrain of the title phrase, he was saying it himself. Of course, I was reading as the book is designed to be read (I think :-) - with cadence and rhyme. He caught on quickly and knew when it was time to say "RAP A TAP TAP - THINK OF THAT!"

I saw this book somewhere and couldn't remember the title, but the illustrations stayed with me. WHAT a cool way to express motion in 2-D. I had to find this book again and I'm so glad I did. Those cool, crisp, translucent images and simple introduction to the iconic Bo Jangles. I'm pleased to see it's since been awarded a Coretta Scott Kind honor. Well deserved. Do not know how kids take to it-- bought it for myself!

I bought this book because my daughter began taking tap dancing lessons. I wanted her to know about the history of the dance form. We loved reading the story because of the simplicity of the text and the rhythm in the text. I chose this book because it is about a real person who made an artistic impact as an African American man that is recognized by all ethnicities! The illustrations were fabulous!

RAP A TAP TAP, THINK ABOUT THAT-i love it, i love it, i love it!my 3yr. old and 8yr. old listen the cd and read the book at least 3 to 4 times on our mini drive to big brothers house. they love to read and follow along with - RAP A TAP TAP, THINK ABOUT THAT and they also listen and ask about the extra little sounds in background: cat, baby etc. FUN BOOK.

My students really enjoyed me reading this book. I liked the rhyme and how the book tried to make the words sound like tap dancing. The illustrations are an excellent flavor of African American culture years ago in a city environment.

This is one of my favorite children's books. I even taught some young children how to tap dance after I read it and told them about Bojangles.

I loved this book. I used this book in class to teach rhythms. I used it to cover literacy, citizenship, racism etc as well as writing and playing music. The children loved tapping out the rhythms that they composed and had Bojangles tapping all round the classroom. Great fun!