Tullet, Hervé. Tap! Tap! Tap! Dance! Dance! Dance! Hervé Tullet, Illus. Chronicle/Handprint, 05/2023. [60]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-1-7972-2146-5. GRADES Baby/Toddler–Kindergarten. HIGH ADDITIONAL.
Featuring board covers and plastic-coated pages, this large picture book encourages the child to physically interact with the story, similar to Tullet’s Press Here (2011). The idea is for the reader to let their fingers dance across the pages, tapping dots on the page, or swirling their hands over the pages. The illustrations have stark white backgrounds, and handprints, dots, loops, or other lines of yellow, red, and blue, resembling fingerpainting. The text is directive, instructing the child to touch the page and move their hand: “Put your hand here and WHOOOOSH! Circle around the page three times…” Although this is not as original as Tullet’s earlier books, it will be popular and useful for smaller storytimes and one-on-one sharing.
Penny Peck—SJSU iSchool