It's poetry in motion in Lee Bennett Hopkins' newest anthology of verse for beginning readers! Nikki Grimes, Myra Cohn Livingston, J. Patrick Lewis and ten more poets contribute to this dynamic collection of sports poems. From finishing first to coming in last and from scoring the winning goal to watching it all from the sidelines, the world of sports is celebrated with humor and insight while exuberant illustrations capture the energy and emotion of each poem. This poet's-eye-view of athletics is a winner!
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3-A pleasant collection that celebrates sports for the easy-reader set. Including works by Myra Cohn Livingston, Nikki Grimes, and Lillian Fisher, among others, the brief poems (some rhymed, some not) extol the joys and frustrations of participating in athletic pursuits. The cartoon illustrations present a medley of multicultural children running, skating, swimming, and even daydreaming in close coordination with the cheery text. All in all, this book will be greeted enthusiastically by those with a wholly athletic bent when poetry is assigned, but who are not yet ready for such gems as Arnold Adoff's Sports Pages (Lippincott, 1986) or Hopkins's Opening Days (Harcourt, 1996).
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Gr. 1^-3. Ice skating, baseball, and scuba diving are but three of the activities showcased in this collection of sports poetry, which includes work by editor Hopkins, Myra Cohn Livingston, Nikki Grimes, and others. The excitement, the sweet success, the thrill of competition are all here in the brief, lively poems, accompanied by equally lively cartoon-style artwork that bursts with action. Enlarged type and extra leading make the reading easier. Like Hopkins' Blast Off! Poems about Space (1995), this I Can Read Book is a good way to attract new readers to poetry. Stephanie Zvirin
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