This Is Tap: Savion Glover Finds His Funk

by Selene Castrovilla

Book Overview

A bouncing picture book biography of the tap dancer behind the Happy Feet penguin, illustrated by the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Winner of Hidden Figures.

This is a story about tap dancing, a distinctly American art form that blended English-Scottish-Irish clog dancing with African tribal dancing. And it's about a boy, Savion Glover--who was born to feel the music--to dance and perform and invent. And to delight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823438635
• ISBN13: 9780823438631
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3