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(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Joe Morse.
Inspired by K'naan's song "Take a Minute," this text, written as a rap song, sometimes sacrifices content in striving for rhyme. Nevertheless, the right audience will appreciate Indigenous politician/singer Kinew's spotlight on real American and Canadian Indigenous people. The bold art gives context to the fourteen featured men and women, about whom more detailed biographical information is included at book's end.
32 pp.
| Carolrhoda
| March, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7613-6617-1$16.95
(1)
K-3
Illustrated by
Joe Morse.
Taking over an unruly gym class that had already run off two predecessors, James Naismith needs a game where "accuracy was more valuable than force." And so basketball is concocted. Coy's tight focus on the sport's initial season--only one point was scored in the first game--is immediately engrossing. Morse's kinetic paintings fill the spreads, capturing the game's combination of power and finesse. Bib.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2013
32 pp.
| Millbrook
| March, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8225-9030-9$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Joe Morse.
Dynamic drawings of players and fans are the stars of this story about a boy who's able to attend Jackie Robinson's first Major League game only because his father's colleague doesn't want to see an African American play for the Dodgers. There's some heavy-handedness to the text, but the book provides a decent entry for discussions about prejudice.