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Tap-Tap by Karen Lynn Williams is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Tap-Tap about?

<p><p>sasifi Longs To Ride A Tap-tap, A Truck That Carries Passengers And Their Belongings In Rural Haiti.<p></p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>as They Did In Galimoto , Williams And Stock Here Bring A Cultural Tradition To Life For Young Readers. The Setting Is Haiti, Zestfully Rendered In Stock's Brightly Hued Watercolors. Sasifi Carries A Basket On Her Head For The First Time As She Walks To Market With Mama. Tired And Hot, The Girl Longingly Watches A Passing Tap-tap--a Covered, Festively Painted Pickup Truck Carrying Marketgoers And Their Goods. Announcing They Do Not Have Enough Money To Ride The Tap-tap, Mama Curtly Says, ``perhaps You Are Not Yet Big Enough To Help Me On Market Day.'' Sasifi Proves Otherwise, Competently Selling All Of Their Oranges--and Collecting The Correct Amount Of Money--while Mama Goes Off To Do Her Marketing. Her Reward Is Her Very First ``fine New Hat''--and Some Coins To Buy Herself A Treat. The Spirited Child Passes Up The Tempting Goodies Of The Bustling Marketplace For A Ride Home In The Tap-tap. Children (even Those Younger Than The Intended Audience) Will Enjoy The Rollicking Ride Almost As Much As Sasifi Herself--who Learns To ``tap-tap'' On T

Who reads Tap-Tap?

Author

Karen Lynn Williams

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780395656174

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

4.11 / 5 (48 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14