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Authors: Nancy Krulik
Tip-Top Tappin' Mom! (7 page)
Katie showed the little girl a few of the stamps. Then she took the binder, thanked Mr. Keaton, and raced off to tell her friends that she’d found the album.
Tap . . . tap . . . tap.
Katie was so happy, she danced the whole way!
Chapter 13
Katie was still tap-tap-tapping on Saturday morning when she and her mother arrived at the Cherrydale Mall for the big Tap-Off.
“Mrs. Carew!” Emma W. exclaimed when she saw them. “I thought you weren’t going to dance in the Tap-Off.”
Katie’s mom shrugged. “I guess I realized that the Tap-Off is about showing people how great tap dancing is, not about being in the front of the crowd.”
“My mom’s here with me,” Emma W. told Katie and her mom. “And Lacey.”
Katie was surprised to see Emma W.’s teenage sister. She hardly ever did anything with Emma W.
“Hi, Wendy,” Mrs. Weber greeted Katie’s mom. “Emma told us about this and we just had to come. Tap dancing sounds like such a fun mother-daughter thing to do.”
“It is!” Katie’s mom assured her. “In fact, Katie and I have been talking to Miss Ricky about starting a mother-daughter class.”
“We would definitely sign up,” Mrs. Weber replied. “I could use the exercise, and it would be fun for the girls.”
“I’m so glad you didn’t give up on tap dancing, Mrs. Carew,” Emma W. said.
“I have Katie to thank for that,” Katie’s mom said. “She convinced me to stick with it. And with some hard work, I’m going to get better and better.”
“Hard work always pays off,” Katie said. “That’s how Emma won our Geography Bee yesterday!”
“Congratulations, Emma,” Mrs. Carew said.
“You should have seen how mad Suzanne was that someone from 4B didn’t win,” Katie told her mom. “She almost popped a button on her lederhosen!”
“Lederhosen?” Mrs. Carew asked.
“You know, those leather shorts kids wear in Germany,” Emma W. explained. “Suzanne was wearing them to help her study Europe.”
Mrs. Carew giggled. “Suzanne is one of a kind,” she said.
Just then loud music began blaring through the parking lot.
“Let’s dance,” Mrs. Carew cheered.
Toe. Heel. Ball change. Spin.
As she twirled around, Katie grinned happily. Despite everything, Katie’s mom was still dancing and having a great time. And so was Katie.
Take that, magic wind!
A World of Record
Katie and her friends are really world-class geography experts! Now they’re sharing a whole world of fun facts with you!
The world’s highest mountain is Mount Everest. At its highest point, the mountain is more than 29,000 feet above sea level!
The lowest spot on land is the Dead Sea in Israel. It’s located over 1,300 feet
below
sea level.
below
sea level.
The largest ocean is the Pacific Ocean, which covers about thirty percent of the planet! It covers more than sixty million square miles.
The smallest ocean is the Arctic Ocean. It covers less than six million square miles of the planet. That is only about three percent of the Earth’s surface.
Australia is the world’s smallest continent. It’s almost three million square miles, which is actually smaller than the country of Brazil.
The world’s largest continent is Asia. More than three billion people live there.
About the Author
Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 150 books for children and young adults, including three
New York Times
best sellers. She lives in New York City with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their children, Amanda and Ian, and Pepper, a chocolate and white spaniel mix. When she’s not busy writing the
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo
series, Nancy loves swimming, reading, and going to the movies.
New York Times
best sellers. She lives in New York City with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their children, Amanda and Ian, and Pepper, a chocolate and white spaniel mix. When she’s not busy writing the
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo
series, Nancy loves swimming, reading, and going to the movies.
About the Illustrators
John & Wendy have illustrated all of the
Katie Kazoo
books, but when they’re not busy drawing Katie and her friends, they like to paint, take photographs, travel, and play music in their rock ’n’ roll band. They live and work in Brooklyn, New York.
Katie Kazoo
books, but when they’re not busy drawing Katie and her friends, they like to paint, take photographs, travel, and play music in their rock ’n’ roll band. They live and work in Brooklyn, New York.
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