Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman is a door into history, literally. Three children walk through the attic door of their grandparents' home and pretend it's the turn of the century. In his younger days, grandpa was a song and dance man who performed in vaudeville shows. As the grandchildren listen to "his tap shoes make soft, slippery sounds like rain on a tin roof ", we wonder what images arise in the elderly gentleman's mind. This story encourages generations to share their lives. When gra