Pucks, Clubs, and Baseball Gloves: Reading and Writing Sports Poems (Poet in You) - Softcover

Ipcizade, Catherine; Hoena, Blake

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479529478 ISBN 13: 9781479529476

Publisher: Picture Window Books, 2014

Synopsis

Hockey, baseball, basketball. Swimming, football, racquetball. This book celebrates sports of all kinds. And it provides the equipment you’ll need to score your own poems. So open up, and discover the poet in you!

About this title

Book Description:

Introductions to writing poetry

More than 20 complete poems provide examples for writing poetry.  Meets Common Core standards. Teaches alliteration and rhyme. Appeals to fans od Capstone's Writer's Toolbox series.

About the Author:

Blake A. Hoena grew up in central Wisconsin, where he wrote stories about robots conquering the moon and trolls lumbering around the woods behind his parents house. He now lives in Minnesota and continues to write about fun things like space aliens and superheroes. Blake has written more than fifty chapter books and graphic novels for children.

Mark Weakland wears many hats. As an author, he's written books for teachers, including Super Core!: Turbocharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, published by the International Reading Association. His book topics for children include sports, bacteria, comets, and poetry. Mark's also a reading specialist. He teaches kindergarten children, third graders, parents, and teachers. As a musician and songwriter, Mark sings, plays percussion, and strums the guitar. Many of his songs, including "I Sure Love Pancakes" and "The Dooflicky Machine," have won national awards and contests. Mark lives in Western Pennsylvania.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1975, Cristian Bernardini is a graphic designer and a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires. Currently Cristian does design work and illustration for various studios and publishers, as well as developments in the field of animation for both television media and media in general.

I've been working as a freelance illustrator for about 14 years now - before that I was a primary school teacher, and so you won't be surprised to hear that I've done a lot of work for educational publishers. He was born in Leicester in 1966, and has lived in various places since - Loughborough, Maidstone, Oxford and Thame. And he's currently resident in north Leeds with his wife Sue and their sons Eddie and Jonah.

Jill Kalz is the author of more than 70 children's books. Her picture book Farmer Cap (Picture Window Books) was a finalist for a 2008 Minnesota Book Award and the winner of the Readers' Choice Award and an AEP Distinguished Achievement Award. Jill also writes short stories and poetry for adults. She works as a children's book editor and lives in Minnesota with her charismatic dog, Tuckerbean.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picture Window Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1479529478
• ISBN 13: 9781479529476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Simon Smith, Tou Yia Xiong