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Opening Days: Sports Poems Illustrated Hardcover Book 1996 - BRAND NEW!!
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Type
- Illustrated Book
- Original Language
- English
- Subjects
- Sports
- ISBN
- 9780152002701
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0152002707
ISBN-13
9780152002701
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72099
Product Key Features
Book Title
Opening Days : Sports Poems
Number of Pages
48 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Poetry / General
Publication Year
1996
Illustrator
Yes, Medlock, Scott
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
94-043364
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
Grade 3-7-Eighteen poems about various team and individual sports, including two poems by Hopkins. The selections have been carefully chosen for subject, appeal, and style. Some are lighthearted; others are more thoughtful; all encapsulate exhilarating moments connected with personal performance. They reflect a variety of styles, from rhymed couplets to free, narrative verse. Imagery is particularly noteworthy. Fluid oil paintings capture the energy and movement expressed in the words. A collection to be appreciated by athletes and non-athletes alike.-Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY, Gr. 3-6. The images are verbal and visual in this illustrated anthology of 18 poems about individual kids swimming, cycling, weight lifting, skiing, running, playing ball. Full-page color oil paintings illustrate each poem with movement and energy. There's a piece by Whitman, but most of the poems are contemporary. Jane Yolen's "Karate Kid," with its jerky rhythm, is fun to read aloud, and the action picture opposite picks up the boy's power and uncertainty. Roy Wesson's small poem about a 40-mile bike ride ("My feet / And seat / Are beat" ) is wonderfully extended with a double-page painting of bike, gear, and cyclist collapsed on the grass. There are dreamy poems, too, about shooting that winning goal, but there are no portentous parallels of sport as metaphor. The joyful focus here is on the physicalness of playing the game. Readers who like this may want to dip into the big YA anthology American Sports Poems (1988), compiled by May Swenson and R. R. Knudson.
Grade From
Second Grade
Dewey Decimal
811.008/0355
Grade To
Fifth Grade
Synopsis
The vitality of the language and the verve of Scott Medlock's illustrations truly echo the energy and joy of participating in athletics in this unique collection of sports poems by a first-string team of beloved poets, including Jane Yolen, Walt Whitman, and Gary Soto. "A handsome addition to the expanding trove of sports anthologies."-- The Horn Book
LC Classification Number
PS595.S78O63 1996
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