Happy Feet: The Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and Me by Richard Michelson and illustrated by E.B. Lewis

Richard Michelson’s picture book Happy Feet (illustrated by E.B. Lewis) brings to life Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom through the eyes of Happy Feet.  Through Happy Feet’s eyes we meet Stretch, Musclehead, Whitey, Long-Legged George and Big Bea, who were famous Lindy Hop dancers at the Savoy Ballroom.  Celebrate dance and a bit of the history of Harlem in the 1920s by checking this out.

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