SERIES MADE SIMPLE

Baseball Time!

by Brendan FLYNN
9781512414318. ea vol: 24p. (Bumba Books: Sports Time!). chart. diag. ebook available. further reading. glossary. index. photos. Lerner. Sept. 2016. lib. ed. $25.32.
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K-Gr 2—Bright, action-packed photos and simple text make this a dynamite choice for beginning readers. More detailed and informative than similar series, these books explain basic rules for each of the sports discussed. While the information is not detailed enough to allow immediate mastery, the specifics discussed offer a nice introduction for kids who are thinking of trying a new sport. Critical thinking questions throughout allow students to think about and apply what they've read. The sports covered are all popular enough to have a built-in audience, and the diversity of kids included in the pictures will make parents and teachers happy.
Each volume's straightforward text boils the sport down to the most basic (and dull) terms (Basketball: "You need a ball. You need a hoop... Players bounce the ball. This is called dribbling"). Clean, brightly colored pages feature crisp photographs of diverse boy and girl athletes plus occasional questions to encourage further thinking. A diagram of the sport's field/court/etc. is appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Bumba Books: Sports Time titles: Baseball Time!, Basketball Time!, Football Time!, Gymnastics Time!, Soccer Time!, and Swimming Time!.
Reviewed by Paula Willey , Nov 01, 2016

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