Read Alikes
God Went to Beauty School by Cynthia Rylant (Author)
Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer (Author)
Money Hungry by Sharon G. Flake (Author)
The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman (Author)
Split Image by Mel Glenn (Author)
Violet and Clare by Francesca Lia Block (Author)
Behind The Wheel: Poems About Driving by Janet. S. Wong (Author)
God Went to Beauty School by Cynthia Rylant (Author)
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen (Author)
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by Canfield, Hansen, and Kirberger (Author)
Bird by Rita Murthy (Author)
Book Description
"The classic struggle between the Mudville Nine and the hometeam is updated in this beautifully illustrated Visions in Poetry edition. Dressed in baggy jeans, with headphones and backwards ballcaps, players advance to the field, flanked by intense baseball fans. The bouncy rhythm of the poem is broken up by the powerful illustrations, gently changing the story from a fun old-fashioned parody into a more powerful tale of triumph and defeat in the inner city.
Not a single word of the poem has been changed--but with the new context comes fresh insight. "
|
