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Good Sports

By Jack Prelutsky & Chris Raschka
Good Sports by Jack Prelutsky & Chris Raschka digital book - Fable

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Exhilarating, all-new, kid-friendly rhymes capture the range of emotions, from winning to losing to the sheer joy of participating, that children experience as they discover the games of their choice. Jack Prelutsky, a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd, includes in this inspired collection poems about baseball, soccer, football, skating, swimming, gymnastics, basketball, karate, and more. His signature lighthearted humor in verse that trips off the tongue is coupled here with the 2006 Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka's lickety-split, stylized (and stylish) watercolors. Every page is a blaze of color and motion. Whether Good Sports will create good sports remains to be seen, but it will prove to young boys (and girls) that reading poetry can be fun.

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“I needed a book of poetry for a challenge I'm part of... I could have chosen any book that features poetry... not necessarily a book of poetry. I'm a former educator who's taught grades pre-k through 4th. I remembered all those years ago how much my classes and I loved the poetry of both Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky. So, going way back to my educational roots, I opted for a short book of children's poetry. Oh how this bought back memories for me. The fun of words in rhyme. The sweet simplicity of the words written to appeal to an innocent and pure mind - long before the world can interfere. For few minutes, I was a kid again. I'm so glad I opted for a children's book for this reading prompt in my challenge. Who says grown-ups have to read grown-up books? Thanks Mr. Prelutsky for making me smile today.”

About Jack Prelutsky

Jack Prelutsky is widely recognized by elementary school teachers and students as the most popular poet working today. He has written more than 40 books of verse, including The New Kid on the Block, The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders, What a Day It Was at School, and compiled 11 poetry anthologies. He lives in Seattle, Washington.Chris Raschka has illustrated a number of distinguished picture books, including his Caldecott Honor Book Yo! Yes!, which he also wrote; A Poke in the I and A Kick in the Head, both compiled by Paul Janeczko; and the 2006 Caldecott Medal winner The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster. He lives in New York City.

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