This simple book for young children tells the life story of a groundbreaking African-American tap dancer, Bill Bojangles Robinson, one of the most popular entertainers of the 1920s. Illustrations. nThere once was a man who danced in the street / He brought pleasure and joy to the people hed greet / He didnt just dance, he made art with his feet / Rap a tap tap--think of that n This simple book for young children has the added bonus of describing the life of a ground-breaking African-American tap dancer. Bill Bojangles Robinson was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1920s-30s. People said he talked with his feet, and in the Dillons graceful paintings of old New York, he dances from page to page to the tune of a toe-tapping rhyme. Rap a tap tap--think of that