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THAT'S NOT HOW YOU PLAY SOCCER, DADDY!
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Written by
Sherry Shahan
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Illustrated by
Tatjana Mai-Wyss
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Hardcover: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-416-7
Total Pages: 32
Size: 10-3/8 x 8-1/2
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SHERRY SHAHAN is a photojournalist and the author of numerous books for young readers, including Wait Until Dark, Feeding Time At The Zoo, and Frozen Stiff. Shahan lives in California.
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Tatjana Mai-Wyss was born in Switzerland. She has illustrated a number of picture books, including The Yawn Heard Round the World, The Lemon Sisters, and You Have to Be Nice to Someone on Their Birthday. She lives in South Carolina.
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This fun-filled soccer story is sure to score with young sports enthusiasts and their klutzy daddies!
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Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
AR Quiz#: 122233
AR Reading Level: 1.6
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“Grab a ball!” Coach calls. “It’s time to play soccer!”
Mikey is the super-competitive young captain of the Hot Diggedy Diner soccer team. He works hard, even if his teammates are easily distracted by anthill investigations and turning themselves into whirlybirds. Determined, Mikey repeatedly charges down the field, dribbling the ball to the goal posts, rat-a-tat-tack-ing the ball.
After a tough practice, Mikey’s dad and dog Socks take him to lunch in the park, but Mikey only wants to practice for the Big Game. Daddy offers to help, but to Mikey’s dismay Daddy doesn’t put in much of an athletic effort. He keeps bending the rules and telling his impatient son to “just have fun.” After an irresistible ticklefest, however, Mikey finally comes around to Daddy’s way of thinking—and joins him and Socks in the worst, best soccer game ever!
Author Sherry Shahan contrasts the excitement and fast-paced action of soccer with the simple, easy-going fun of “just fooling around” to show young readers that there is more than one way for kids to play—and enjoy—the game. Illustrator Tatjana Mai-Wyss’s exuberant and whimsical watercolor illustrations reflect the characters’ winning personalities and the upbeat spirit of the story.
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Reviews
"In a warm reversal of the usual competitive sports message, a parent teaches his son to let go and just have fun...The playful illustrations in watercolor and collage show the team playing ball and also goofing off; and the simple, rhythmic words, featuring lots of repetition, will have kids joining in."Booklist
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Awards
* 2008 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Reading List
(primary)
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