From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2-It's difficult to determine the audience for this concept book. Youngsters who normally might listen to a counting story may not be interested in the sports' rules. Similarly, six- and seven-year-old beginning players are probably past the counting-book stage. ESL students may be the best audience for this mixture. Each numeral (0-15) is accompanied by a rhymed couplet in large print. Occasionally, they lurch awkwardly in the cadence; others have forced rhymes. Smaller, italicized print provides the factual information. Gouache-and-ink illustrations are colorful and bright, filling entire pages, and serve to clarify the rules. An additional purchase.
Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VACopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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