This spirited tribute to African-American tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878-1949) is brought to life in marvelous watercolor paintings reminiscent of the work of Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas.

Each left-hand page pictures a different audience--families, uptown folks, people on the skids--who marvel at Robinson's tapping toes. Facing pages repeat the same refrain, "Rap a tap tap--think of that," with pictures of Mr. Bojangles practically dancing off the edge of the page. He is rendered in brown, gray, or black, with the parts of his body that are still "moving" appearing in lighter shades behind or on top of the more deeply hued arms and legs.

The simple, rhyming text has a bouncy flow and there is potential for active participation call-and-response. An afterword gives a bit more information about Robinson.