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I Want to Ride the Tap Tap

I Want to Ride the Tap Tap

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I Want to Ride the Tap Tap is a book that depicts everyday life in Haiti, with Creole words sprinkled throughout and a glossary at the end.

Format: Hardback
Length: 40 pages
Publication date: 27 April 2021
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc


On Monday through Saturday, Claude and Mama walk Papa to the tap tap. Along the way, Claude encounters a lady selling mangoes, a fisherman, a straw-hat maker, a steel drummer, and an artist. Claude wants to join Papa on the bus, but Claude has chores at home and classes at school. Finally, on Sunday, Mama and Papa surprise Claude with a ride on the tap tap, and they ride to the beach, where the lady selling mangoes, the fisherman, the straw-hat maker, the steel drummer, and the artist show Claude how to paint, make hats, and fish. With Creole words sprinkled throughout and a glossary at the end, I Want to Ride the Tap Tap is a warm and lively portrayal of everyday life in Haiti.

On Monday through Saturday, Claude and Mama walk Papa to the tap tap.

Along the way, Claude encounters a lady selling mangoes, a fisherman, a straw-hat maker, a steel drummer, and an artist.

Claude wants to join Papa on the bus, but Claude has chores at home and classes at school.

Finally, on Sunday, Mama and Papa surprise Claude with a ride on the tap tap, and they ride to the beach, where the lady selling mangoes, the fisherman, the straw-hat maker, the steel drummer, and the artist show Claude how to paint, make hats, and fish.

With Creole words sprinkled throughout and a glossary at the end, I Want to Ride the Tap Tap is a warm and lively portrayal of everyday life in Haiti.

Weight: 360g
Dimension: 209 x 265 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780374312145

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