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Soccer Queens / Charles R. Smith, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press , 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 30 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1536225339
  • 9781536225334
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Go ahead, Abby (a soccer chant) -- Automatic -- Protectors -- Lightning -- Express -- Dunn and done -- Wall -- Limerick for Kelley O'Hara -- Rocket Rapinoe -- Escape artist -- 17 -- M I A -- '99ers -- Poem notes.
Summary: Poems celebrating some of the greatest talent in soccer today, who just all happen to be women.Summary: Soccer, fútbol, call it what you will—the sport commands worldwide attention, and Charles R. Smith Jr. pays tribute to the sport’s greatest US athletes in poems that hum with energy and life. Whether the subject is an escape artist like Rose Lavelle, a rocket like Megan Rapinoe, or the exploits of the legendary ’99ers, who kicked their names into history, this celebration of the finesse and ferocity of players from the Women's National Soccer League excels with dynamic rhyme and bold, graphic photo-illustration. Featuring current and past stars as well as emerging players—in cleats that “churn and burn and fly”—the twelve poems in this rapid-fire collection will inspire young poets and sports fans alike to find their game and be their best.
List(s) this item appears in: LGBTQ+ History Month
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction New 796.334 S644 Checked out 07/16/2024 33111011120082
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 796.334 S644 Available 33111011305196
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Coretta Scott King Award-winning creator of Hoop Kings celebrates the skill and talent of top female soccer professionals--and pays homage to the legendary US World Cup team of 1999.

Soccer, fútbol, call it what you will--the sport commands worldwide attention, and Charles R. Smith Jr. pays tribute to the sport's greatest US athletes in poems that hum with energy and life. Whether the subject is an escape artist like Rose Lavelle, a rocket like Megan Rapinoe, or the exploits of the legendary '99ers, who kicked their names into history, this celebration of the finesse and ferocity of players from the Women's National Soccer League excels with dynamic rhyme and bold, graphic photo-illustration. Featuring current and past stars as well as emerging players--in cleats that "churn and burn and fly"--the twelve poems in this rapid-fire collection will inspire young poets and sports fans alike to find their game and be their best.

Poems celebrating some of the greatest talent in soccer today, who just all happen to be women.

Soccer, fútbol, call it what you will—the sport commands worldwide attention, and Charles R. Smith Jr. pays tribute to the sport’s greatest US athletes in poems that hum with energy and life. Whether the subject is an escape artist like Rose Lavelle, a rocket like Megan Rapinoe, or the exploits of the legendary ’99ers, who kicked their names into history, this celebration of the finesse and ferocity of players from the Women's National Soccer League excels with dynamic rhyme and bold, graphic photo-illustration. Featuring current and past stars as well as emerging players—in cleats that “churn and burn and fly”—the twelve poems in this rapid-fire collection will inspire young poets and sports fans alike to find their game and be their best.

Go ahead, Abby (a soccer chant) -- Automatic -- Protectors -- Lightning -- Express -- Dunn and done -- Wall -- Limerick for Kelley O'Hara -- Rocket Rapinoe -- Escape artist -- 17 -- M I A -- '99ers -- Poem notes.

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