Opening Days: Sport Poems
Written by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Harcourt Brace, $16
Ages 8-12
ISBN 0-15-200270-7
Collections for slightly older readers
Review by Alice Cary
Know any sports fans who turn up their noses at poetry? They may change their minds after reading Opening Days: Sports Poems, another collection gathered by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Lots of bases are covered in these 18 poems on karate, field and track, weight lifting, biking, swimming, basketball, football, ice skating, skiing, baseball, soccer, and tennisÑall written by the likes of Jane Yolen, Gary Soto, Walt Whitman, and Maxine Kumin. Each poem is accompanied by one of Scott Medlock's action-filled oil paintings. Poetry lovers and athletes don't always have a lot to talk about; this book will help bridge the gap.
Alice Cary writes often about children's literature. She can be reached via e-mail at alice_cary@bookpage.com.
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