This Is Hip-Hop: And Other Street Dances

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Age Range
1+
Release Date
November 04, 2025
ISBN
978-0593754184
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The second in a series that introduces three major dance families: ballet, hip-hop, and jazz, from a world-renowned early childhood educator and performer.

Can anyone be a street dancer? Yes! This inclusive first introduction to hip-hop and other street dances begins with a simple introduction and then takes readers on a global exploration of different dances, from breaking to Kuthu to K-pop.

From author Dr. Rekha S. Rajan and artist Chris Park comes a fresh new dance series that will encourage all young children to dance in their homes or in their community, barefoot or with shoes, alone or with others, and exactly as they are! This inclusive and celebratory series is sure to inspire a love of dance in young and old readers alike.

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Learn about Street Dances
(Updated: June 30, 2026)
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
This is Hip-Hop and Other Street Dances, a board book that offers a basic foundation of street dances for young readers. I read this book with a young toddler, and the illustrations were engaging and kept her attention. In fact, I sent this book home with her family and was later told that their five-year-old was doing his best to create hip hop moves all around the house. This book has a sentence or two per page to describe the dances and where they can be performed. In many ways, this book acts more like a picture book but in board book format.
I was surprised that this board book contains a glossary in the back. To gain the full advantage of the content, the reader needs to be preschool-aged and older. This book does a nice job of conveying the joy of dance, has representation for several dances, and inspires the reader to get up and move.
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