Tap-Tap

by Karen Lynn Williams

Book Overview

Sasifi longs to ride a tap-tap, a truck that carries passengers and their belongings in rural Haiti.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395720869
• ISBN13: 9780395720868
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Great book for kids!

I do medical missions in Haiti and found this book to be colorful and a good way for children in the US to learn a bit about what life in Haiti is like.

Adopting from Haiti

This book gives a great view of a day in Haiti. I'm excited to share it with my Haitian Daughter.

Sweet but not sugar-coated

This is a sweet little book. The illustrations are beautiful watercolors with lots of detail that will appeal to young inquisitive eyes. (I know because I tested it on my favorite three year old.) The story is a simple one of a trip to market and a more interesting trip back to the village. A story of wanting, of responsibility, and of reward. I think books that share even a glimpse of another culture to our American children are very valuable. This book could raise many important questions in children who have no concept of being so poor you must walk everywhere you go. It offers that glimpse without being harsh in anyway. As I said, its sweet and yet one notices our main characters have no shoes for their feet. The writing is beautiful and reads well out loud. It is a simple enough story that most third graders can read it for themselves. Its also informative for adults. Now I know why the Haitian jitney is called a Tap-Tap. Tap-Tap gets a high recommendation.