Karas' illustrations are wonderfully depicted and exemplifies and apropos to the text rather well. It is a story, told in rhyme, about a thunderstorm occurring, which haves people of all walks of life to gather in a subway station underground to wait out the storm. It is a story about a storm in a city, which brings people – friends and strangers together underground in a subway to wait out the rain.īluemle's text is simplistic, straightforward, and poetic. Tap Tap Boom Boom is a children's picture book written by Elizabeth Bluemle and illustrated by G. It's a nicely written and drawn picturebook about what people do when facing a storm and how they become closer despite not knowing one another. I felt that all of the water drops had a nice effect throughout the book. But other than that, the onomatopoeia would be enjoyable for them especially if they were asked to be the ones to say "tap tap boom boom crackle!" The illustrations were very creative and I liked the use of diversity of the different ages and races of the civilians. The verses were very short but there were some words that might be difficult for kids, like the words congregate and descend. This would definitely be for children aged 3-7. I enjoyed the use of rhyme in this picturebook. When they go back out, they find a beautiful surprise. Strangers befriend one another and share umbrellas and wait until the storm subsides. So as the taps of the raindrops develop into booms of of thunder, the boys and the other civilians find shelter underground at the subway station. Two boys in New York city notice that the sky is getting dark and cloudy and that people begin to pull out their umbrellas. So far, the organization has donated thousands of dollars in books to these programs and other Vermont and national literacy initiatives.īluemle is the author of My Father the Dog (illustrated by Randy Cecil), Dogs on the Bed (illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf), How Do You Wokka-Wokka? (illustrated by Randy Cecil), and Tap Tap Boom Boom (illustrated by G. Together, they created The Charlotte Town Players, a community theatre whose proceeds fund the WordPlay Project, and The Charlotte Book Shelf, a program that gives bookstore vouchers to families who use the Charlotte Food Shelf. In 2002, Bluemle co-founded The Community WordPlay Project, a nonprofit effort to get new books into the hands of qualifying Vermont families, with friend and Vermont artist Sumru Tekin. She has lived in Vermont since 1996, when she opened The Flying Pig Bookstore (now in Shelburne, VT) with co-owner and stand-up comedian Josie Leavitt. She has a master's degree in Education from Bank Street in NYC, and a master's in creative writing from Vermont College. She has been an assistant to a television writer/producer, editor of a small press, creative director for a book packaging company, production manager for a literacy press, a volunteer literacy tutor, an elementary school teacher, and a school librarian. Elizabeth Bluemle was born in Arizona and has since lived in Los Angeles, Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland, and New York City.