Kicking & Screaming: The Comeback Kids (Kicking and Screaming Festival Readers) [Paperback]

Catherine Hapka (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperFestival; First Edition edition (March 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060772549
• ISBN-13: 978-0060772543
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,752,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Very similar to MY DAD, THE COACH, June 6, 2005

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This review is from: Kicking & Screaming: The Comeback Kids (Kicking and Screaming Festival Readers) (Paperback)

The Tigers soccer team loses every game and have few skills to help them win. To make things worse, the dad who becomes coach knows little about the sport. Dad gets lucky because famous football coach, Mike Ditka, lives next door and agrees to help coach the team. After giving motivational speeches and putting the team through drills, the Tigers still lose games.

Ditka has an idea. He introduces the coach Dad to two kids who work in their uncle's butcher shop. Soon enough, the team learns the new kids play well and begins winning games. The coaches tell the boys to get the ball to the two kids and let them take care of the rest. It highlights the team and the road they take to start winning games.

The book targets kids ages four through eight, uses color photos from the movie and readable text for emerging readers.