Goal - Hardcover

Burleigh, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152017895 ISBN 13: 9780152017897

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers, 2001

Synopsis

Soccer field excitement!
It's the last game of the season. With the score tied and the tension high, anything can happen. But the big win is made possible by one force alone--teamwork.
Robert Burleigh and Stephen T. Johnson have created a picture book that resonates with the energy of the biggest game of the season.

About this title

About the Author:

ROBERT BURLEIGH is the author of many award-winning picture books, including Hoops, also illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. He lives with his wife in Chicago, Illinois.

STEPHEN T. JOHNSON has illustrated many books for children, including Hoops by Robert Burleigh and his own My Little Red Toolbox. He lives with his wife in Lawrence, Kansas.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 2-6-The frenetic action of the final moments of a tied soccer game are captured visually and with quick descriptive poetry. "Players backpedaling./Digging heels./Explosions of gouged grass./Mark tight! Guard the line!" Burleigh's fast, physical lines leave readers as breathless as the young players who call frantic directions to one another as they fly across the field: "My side! Mine!" and "Watch their scorer!" and, finally, a goose-bump producing "We did it! We did it!" Johnson's extraordinary artwork is filled with movement and unusual perspectives. The choice of a pastel medium is ideal to illustrate the not-quite-focused blur of a fast-paced game. In the single- and double-page spreads, close-ups of moving body parts alternate with broader scenes showing boys and girls interacting on the field. The final illustration of the game-winning soccer ball snared in the net combined with the words, "You, me, us-/champions," says it all. This title joins a growing list of exciting sports poetry for children, including the author and illustrator's Hoops (Harcourt, 1997) and Charles R. Smith, Jr.'s Rimshots (Dutton, 1999). It begs to be read aloud.-Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI

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About this edition

• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0152017895
• ISBN 13: 9780152017897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Johnson Stephen T.