Tap! Tap! Tap!: Dance! Dance! Dance! (2025)

Tessa

602 reviews15 followers

August 20, 2023

Does not capture the same fun and interactivity as Press Here. At all. My 4 year old loves Press Here and requests it often. This one you can’t follow along like Press Here. Every time we turned the page we were like, what? What are we supposed to do here? I guess the idea is you flutter your hands around but it’s just not clear. Feels like the author tried to ride the wave of earlier success but didn’t try hard enough to actually write a fun book.

Nancy

Author9 books47 followers

April 23, 2023


In his latest innovative picture book, Hervé Tullet, the creator of Press Here! (2011) and Mix It Up! (2014) and other playful interactive picture books, directs the young reader to place their hand on the blue handprint on the first page, wiggle their fingers gently to warm them up, and then explore color, form, and movement as they follow the narrator’s directions to use their hand to dance across the pages of this oversize book. After tap, tap, tapping on circles; “whooshing” in a circle around the edge of a double-page spread; making “loop the loops,” circles, and spirals by following and jumping around the bold forms in primary colors, the reader is invited to start all over again! Hervé Tullet lives in France. (PreS Up)

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Jennie

1,153 reviews

May 26, 2023

As with Tullet's previous books, this book is designed to actively engage young readers in exploring the pages. A large format with a solid cover and silky pages that combine swathes of white space with vibrant blue, red and yellow paint to represent hands moving, following, swirling, prodding and tapping over the pages. Clear, at times challenging block texts instruct and lead the actions: "Hit it! Three times: TAP! TAP! TAP! The show is about to begin."
Great fun and stimulating, but definitely a book for clean hands and home ownership - despite the sturdy design it would not last long in a library.

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Cheryl

11.7k reviews469 followers

June 3, 2023

I absolutely adore Press Here and many other interactive and meta books. But wtf, how does one even follow this? First page instructs one to 'close your eyes and concentrate.' Period. What is the cue to lift the hand, open the eyes, turn the page? 'Press all the dots on the page.' That's a lot of dots! I don't understand how to decode it. Maybe if adult and child each have a copy of their own? Or adult has the text, and child has the pictures?

Did the other reviewers actually *test* it? I did; I was excited to *play* as I do every time I read Press Here. But I could not decode it.

Sandy Brehl

Author8 books136 followers

June 17, 2023

Tullet has created some of the most iconic and innovative picture books. Many of the earliest titles were hand-sized, working perfectly for the concepts developed. In this case the book is ideally oversized to share with a group, or a child on a lap. The assumption (and minimal text) direct the child to a lively interaction of ways to touch, tap, move hands, and experience color,msize, shape, directional and other core concepts while having a terrific time~! IU could even imagine a child (on repeated readings) trying to follow the pages with a toe, or elbow. This is a winner for the youngest and for early/preschool.

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Erin

4,337 reviews55 followers

July 30, 2023

I used this for a group storytime, and it worked out pretty well but I had to modify it pretty heavily. This is made for one-on-one (or maybe two) sharing. The readers are supposed to tap the pages, which is really hard to do in a large group setting. So instead of having the audience tap the pages, I had them do hand or full-body motions where they were. It worked out better than I thought it would, although if I were to do it again, I would maybe incorporate more body parts.

So this isn't really a review of the book as is, but rather a reflection on what this book inspired: an exhausting, but fun storytime exercise.

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Becky

5,904 reviews274 followers

August 17, 2023

First sentence: Ready? Place your hand here. Close your eyes. Concentrate. Wiggle your fingers gently to warm them up. Heads up, your turn now....

Premise/plot: This is an "interactive" book that may [or may not] appeal to young children. It invites them to follow the instructions of the book, be directed by the illustrations. It is written in second person, present tense.

My thoughts: I may not be the right audience for this one. I wanted to be. I just wasn't. I do think it has potential to appeal to young ones. (As do most books). I think if there was more tapping and less swooshing or sweeping, it might have been more enjoyable to me.

McKenzie Richardson

Author68 books62 followers

January 15, 2024

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A fun, interactive book that sends your hands dancing. The book becomes the dance floor and you are the star.

Turn the page and follow the actions to explore movement, creativity, and art. Great for learning and practicing verbs such as twirl, bounce, weave, freeze, and fall, adjectives like light, wild, big, small, slow, fast, and graceful, and primary colors.

The artwork is engaging and helps guide the actions. Nice way to get some energy out and engage with art. Makes for a really fun one-on-one reading experience.

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Ethan Hayn

1 review

December 13, 2024

Tap! Tap! Tap! by Herve Tullet is an engaging, interactive children's book that encourages the readers to physically interact with the pages. The book has very minimal text with vibrant colours and shapes. Children (or adults) are invited to tap the pages, shake the book, or blow on it which creates a playful and immersive experience. The rhythmic, hands-on nature of the book will keep young children engaged while fostering creativity, which has the potential to spark some music-making too! A wonderfully fun and imaginative read for children, sparking curiosity and joy in storytelling.

Great Books

3,034 reviews61 followers

April 14, 2023

Beautifully illustrated with vibrant colors, this book becomes the setting of a dance for little hands. Interactive and creative, this is another book from this author that will have children following directions, building language skills, and highly motivating them to keep turning the pages to continue the fun!

Reviewer # 2

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Mary

2,749 reviews

June 7, 2023

Large sized board book covered with heavy, shiny paper pages. An active book.
Hands and fingers are used to trace over the primary colors on the page--lines and dots. It's almost like dry finger painting. It's a lot like dancing.
My 2-year-old reacted with delight as we moved our hands. Of course, movement sound went along with that. We even did a little dancing later on.

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Barbara

1,152 reviews

June 29, 2023

Enjoy using your hands in all kinds of new ways by reading Tap! Tap! Tap!: Dance! Dance! Dance! Children's ages 1 - 8 will want to read Herve Tullet's new book over and over again so they can find new ways to turn pages, create magic, and enjoy a book with their favorite grownups! Parents and kids will appreciate the author's delighful ways of helping kids practice small and large motor skills!

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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance

6,201 reviews322 followers

April 27, 2023

Take your fingers for a dance through a book, and, on the way, you just might learn colors and shapes and lots of lovely other things that parents and teachers and other important people want you to learn. And all while just having fun.

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Caroline

1,532 reviews16 followers

August 7, 2023

More primary colored, interactive goodness from Hervé Tullet. The oversized format of this book is fun and refreshing, but the more complex instructions may make this better as a lap read than a storytime book.

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Victoria Whipple

977 reviews16 followers

August 10, 2023

Tullet does it again, with an interactive book that is so much fun, while at the same time being educational in so many ways. Bright, primary colors on the white background, along with the oversized pages not only invite but heartily welcome readers in.

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Mary

3,247 reviews11 followers

August 10, 2023

Another interactive picture book by Hervé Tullet. This time little ones are encouraged to dance with their hands -- tapping, touching and moving their hands all over the page. This large sized picture book is ideal for one-on-one sharing.

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Alondra

282 reviews2 followers

September 13, 2023

This book is fun! And if each page is taken as a different activity/instruction, it makes sense. But if a child is more literal, or you've been working on procedural directions, this might be a tough sell.

Shelved on storytime, but more for small group interactions.

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Jules

589 reviews8 followers

September 14, 2023

This whole series is great and you can keep coming back to it! The first time Littles just like the colors but now she's old enough to follow the directions do a degree so it was much more enjoyable. I'll be sure to get it again some time next year too ^_^

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Lynnette

605 reviews

January 9, 2024

My 15 month old seems a little young for this, but I think it has potential to be fun when he's older. He can do a few of the tapping things now, but gets bored quickly. This looks like a pretty cool interactive book for older toddlers though.

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Grace MacLaine

432 reviews13 followers

March 30, 2024

This books excludes left handed people. I'm not even joking.

Every handprint only fits your right hand. So reading this interactive picture book felt really awkward and unnatural to this right handed girl.

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Virginia

1,071 reviews

June 1, 2023

4.5 stars

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Boni

Author11 books73 followers

June 13, 2023

Three and a half stars

Kelly

8,726 reviews18 followers

July 6, 2023

My 4-year-old granddaughter really enjoyed it. Tullet's books are great.

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Y.Poston

2,169 reviews5 followers

Read

July 7, 2023

a delightfully active book that
uses primary colors to enliven
the action

Peacegal

11k reviews106 followers

July 15, 2023

Large, sturdy, interactive book that encourages motor and listening skills.

Elizabeth

711 reviews87 followers

Read

July 19, 2023

I didn't think this was as successful as some of the previous titles, but maybe I need to see it "in action" from someone who "gets" it more than I do.

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Tiffany

127 reviews

July 19, 2023

Love how interactive this book is!

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Lisa Huninghake

456 reviews3 followers

July 29, 2023

I was a little disappointed. It seemed like this would inspire more whole body movement. However, kids will enjoy moving their hands across the pages as they tap, and spiral, and swoop.

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Robin

4,100 reviews5 followers

August 10, 2023

An invitation for little hands to "dance" across the pages. Great fun to read with a lap-sitter.

Martha

628 reviews

September 10, 2023

Interesting interactive book. I'm sure there are tons of storytime projects one could do related to this story.

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