This Is Hip-Hop: And Other Street Dances

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.

Dr. Rekha S. Rajan is a USA Today bestselling author, a classically trained musician, and an early childhood educator of twenty years. Her children’s books include Can You Dance Like a Peacock?, Amazing Landmarks, the This Is Music board book series, and the Disaster Squad chapter book series. Her audiobook recordings for the This Is Music series were named notable children’s recordings by ALA/ALSC. She is also the author of the Read Aloud Factor, a parenting book which shares her latest brain research on how reading aloud supports children’s development. Rekha lives in Chicago, where you can find her doing pirouettes, tap dancing, or just improvising dance moves with her three children.

Chris Park has been a professional illustrator for over twelve years. Some of his previous clients include TBS, Team Coco, Rolling Stone, American Greetings Co., Cloudco Entertainment, Pro Publica, Sleeping Bear Press, Usborne Publishing, and Lightspeed Magazine. He coauthored and illustrated his debut picture book, Little Sock, with his wife, Kia. Chris lives in Minnesota with his wife and two sons.