From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 16:23:07 -0500

As we prepare for Robert Lipsyte's Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on October 3, we thought it would be appropriate to turn our attention this month to fiction and nonfiction about sports.

There are many good new young adult novels that we'll discuss a bit later int he month. We'd like to open the discussion, however, by talking about some books for younger children. It's always a challenge to find good books on this high-interest topic for preschool and early elementary-aged children. What are some of the books you most highly recommend for there young readers?

As for myself, last year's wonderful 4-volume series by Gail Gibbons
(My Baseball Book, My Basketball Book, My Football Book, and My Soccer Book), published by HarperCollins were among the most popular books with teachers and librarians visiting the CCBC (Not to mentiont he children they served.) We hope, at some point to see MY Hockey Book, perhaps even My Golf Book with the increasing attention on golf, thanks to Mr. Woods.

This year, we've also admired Susan Kuklin's "Hoops with Swoopes"
(Jump at the Sun / Hyperion), which was reviewed by Megan Schliesman as a Book of the Week on May 28. Megan's review is now available in the Book of the Week Archive at: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/review01.htm#swopes

What recent, or tried-and-true, books have you come across that you especially like to recommend to very young sports enthusiasts?

Kathleen T. Horning (horning at education.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
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