Good Sports
Rhymes About Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More
Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · February 8, 2011
Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly verses capture the range of emotions, from the thrill of winning to the agony of losing to the sheer joy of participating.
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- Who it’s for
- Bouncy rhymes bring the thrill, disappointment, and shared joy of playing sports into read-aloud poetry.
- Themes
- Sports and games, Winning, losing, and participating
- Genres
- Stories in Verse, Sports Stories
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Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly verses capture the range of emotions, from the thrill of winning to the agony of losing to the sheer joy of participating. Jack Prelutsky, America's first children's poet laureate and a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd, includes in this collection poems about the popular sports that kids play—team sports, individual sports, and even backyard frisbee tossing.
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The bouncy rhymes beg to be read aloud and lend themselves to easy recitation. Caldecott Medal Winner Chris Raschka's stylized watercolors are a blaze of color and motion. An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book of 2007, this exuberant picture book proves that poetry can be as much fun as playing games!
Playful Sports Verse
Bouncy rhymes bring the thrill, disappointment, and shared joy of playing sports into read-aloud poetry.
Come here for
- Sports from team games to backyard frisbee
- Colorful, energetic watercolor illustrations
Expect
- Rhymes made for reading aloud and easy recitation
- A lively range of feelings, from winning to simply taking part
Where it sits
| Sports Stories | 97% |
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| Stories in Verse | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Everyday Routines
- Sports Stories
- Imagination & Play
- Authors
- Jack Prelutsky
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- February 8, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Sports and games · Winning, losing, and participating
- Reading lane
- Everyday Routines