Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly rhymes capture the range of emotions, from winning to losing to the sheer joy of participating, that children e...
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Oct 12, 2011
I do not like sports but I liked “Good Sports” by Jack Prelutsky. Prelutsky uses rhyme to describe various sports activities – gymnastics, swimming, basketball to name a few.
Prelutsky humorously uses rhyme throughout the book. The rhyme has a musical quality that makes the reading easy and fun. Prelutsky writes, “Though I like to swim I don’t swim very well. I swim like a fish that’s been sick for a spell. I flop in the pool, and I flounder around my friends laugh and say I shou More...
Prelutsky humorously uses rhyme throughout the book. The rhyme has a musical quality that makes the reading easy and fun. Prelutsky writes, “Though I like to swim I don’t swim very well. I swim like a fish that’s been sick for a spell. I flop in the pool, and I flounder around my friends laugh and say I shou More...
Sep 30, 2011
Toneeshia
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Good Sports is a poetry book for primary aged children. It is a 2008 A.L.A. Notable Children's Book. Good Sports describes different sports including basketball, soccer, and gymnastics. I feel this book deserves five stars because the book is just so appealing. The illustrations are the most appealing aspect of the book. The art is genuine with obvious paint strokes along with other painting techniques, it appears the illustrator used a sponge and maybe a stamp to add to the illustrations giving
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Jan 01, 2011
Sweet on Books
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My son absolutely loves books that involve sports so I’m always looking for really good ones. I scour the bookstores for anything to break up the monotony of the “play by play” that is so often the formula in this genre, so when I saw this book by Jack Prelutsky, I thought, “what a find.” I was thrilled to be able to offer my son a book that combined sports AND poetry – and in a fun and accessible format. Each two-page spread depicts a short poem and zippy illustration to highlight another sport
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Nov 17, 2009
Bernice
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I love the watercolored illustrations in this book. As I read each poem, I cherished the small simplistic illustrations that gave this book a fun feeling! Each page of this book, celebrates a sport and the experiences of a child playing it. Whether it goes the right way or not, each message gives off a positive sportsmanship point of view. Each poem is fun-loving and often uses metaphors in its writing. I loved one particular poem about a child's experience learning how to swim. He or she say
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Nov 17, 2009
NS Kelley
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This poetry book is filled with rhyming poetry about various sports. It highlights on the fun had while playing the sport rather than being spectacular at it. It talks about kids who make attempts at touchdowns, home runs, and slam dunks, but may have not quite been the star of the team. The pictures int he book are very creative because it looks as if it was illustrated by a child. All of the illustrations are two page spreads that capture the emotions and motions of the kids while playing the
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Nov 17, 2009
(NS) - Heather
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This is another great book written by acclaimed author Jack Prelutsky. It's full of fun rhymes about all different kinds of sports and games. There are a total of seventeen untitled poems, presented with beautiful illustrations by Chris Raschka. The poems describe the various experiences of young athletes as they participate in a variety of physical activities. It truly captures the joy and passion involved with the love of a particular sport. It is also a fun book for teachers who are interes
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Mar 19, 2010
Dena
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Reading Level: 1st - 5th Grade
This collection of poems are about different sports - baseball, soccer, gymnastics, basketball,swimming, football. playing frisbee, ice skating, track,rollerblading, softball, and karate. There are cute illustrations that go with each poem. I liked that while some of the poems were longer, others were short. This collection won the won the Children's POET LAUREATE 2006-08. This would be good as a mentortext showing description or for a gym teacher.
This collection of poems are about different sports - baseball, soccer, gymnastics, basketball,swimming, football. playing frisbee, ice skating, track,rollerblading, softball, and karate. There are cute illustrations that go with each poem. I liked that while some of the poems were longer, others were short. This collection won the won the Children's POET LAUREATE 2006-08. This would be good as a mentortext showing description or for a gym teacher.
Oct 09, 2011
Ashley
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genre: Poetry/ Realistic fiction
Copyright: 2007
This is a book about all types of sports written in rhymes. I think it is fun and interesting for children to read. They would be able to make many connections to their own lives. It has really great illustrations. They were made using watercolors. It is an award winning book, it received the Poetry Foundation, Children's Poet Laureate award.
Copyright: 2007
This is a book about all types of sports written in rhymes. I think it is fun and interesting for children to read. They would be able to make many connections to their own lives. It has really great illustrations. They were made using watercolors. It is an award winning book, it received the Poetry Foundation, Children's Poet Laureate award.
Apr 29, 2011
Erika
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This is a fun series of rhymes about jumping, running, and sports. It may be used to introduce rhythm, punning, rhyme scheme, or alliteration. This cute collection of poems not only talks about sports, but what it means to be a "good sport" yourself and to always try your best.
Mar 16, 2010
L-Angelica
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Jack Prelutsky, author of Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping,Throwing and More, is a great book for young children. They would enjoy the rhymes about different sports. The book has some great words that can be used for vocabulary development with young students.
May 03, 2011
Collection of poems that capture the thrill and fun of sports. Great pictures accompany fun rhymes. A must for sports lovers.
Find it at Carlisle School 811 PRE
Find it at Carlisle School 811 PRE
Oct 30, 2008
Laura
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I found this book sitting out at the library and it was a real find! This is a poetry book all about different sports. This would be great use especially with boys who may be reluctant or uninterested in writing/reading poetry. The illustrations are soft and subtle with the use of watercolors. Within each poem the use of color is limited to two or three colors. The pictures are muted and in many cases not gender specific. I could see using this book with older children to give them a start
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Jan 17, 2011
Laura
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Anything by Jack Prelutsky is fabulous! He is this generation's Shel Silverstein. Some of his poems would work well for playlettes.
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Jul 05, 2011
Sonya
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Really simple poems about all different kinds of sports with some fun illustrations to go along with them.
Apr 05, 2011
Rebecca
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This book is good to read to talk about sports. It can be a fun activity when the name of the sports are blocked from the students. From there, the students can guess what the paragraph is about. It will be a fun activity to do with the students.
Jul 15, 2008
Julia
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This was a book that contained poems that had to do with different sports. I like this book because the poems were about something I thought kids could get excited about and relate to. I did not particularly care for the illustrations though, they are watercolors and ink and don't add a lot to the poems.
I think I will use some of these poems in different sports oriented book bags.
I think I will use some of these poems in different sports oriented book bags.
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