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misspippireads's review against another edition
3.0
HORSE is a quick pick-up game of basketball. The two players imagine besting each other with out of this work skills.
Themes: basketball, imagination, skills, contest
Characters: bball player one, bball player two
Artwork: collage and paint
Author's Note: Christopher Myers and his friend Kambui, New York City, Brooklyn, togetherness -- They're best friends and will back each other up.
Reviewed from a library copy.
Themes: basketball, imagination, skills, contest
Characters: bball player one, bball player two
Artwork: collage and paint
Author's Note: Christopher Myers and his friend Kambui, New York City, Brooklyn, togetherness -- They're best friends and will back each other up.
Reviewed from a library copy.
kitsuneheart's review against another edition
5.0
Okay, if at all possible, find the audio production of this book to go along with your reading. While I normally don't bother with picture books, since the time it would take me to just get the thing loaded and ready would far surpass the time to just READ the book, this production definitely earned its Odyssey Award, given for best audiobook of the year. Christopher Myers reads both sides of the game of HORSE, and manages to keep them fairly separate, despite only having one voice, himself. But it's the sound effects that really helped this win. Yes, Myers had a lot of energy in his reading, but the small audio touches are just enchanting.
The book itself, without audio, is pretty fun, as well. Perhaps I'd have only given it 4 stars, but basketball is such a common love among kids that I'd still have advocated for pretty liberal purchases. Not just public libraries and schools, but any family that is into sport would get a lot of repeat reads from this book. It does a good job in the beginning of teaching the game of HORSE, and then going on in these high-energy bursts to completely redefine and mythologize the game.
Good fun, go give the book AND the game a try!
The book itself, without audio, is pretty fun, as well. Perhaps I'd have only given it 4 stars, but basketball is such a common love among kids that I'd still have advocated for pretty liberal purchases. Not just public libraries and schools, but any family that is into sport would get a lot of repeat reads from this book. It does a good job in the beginning of teaching the game of HORSE, and then going on in these high-energy bursts to completely redefine and mythologize the game.
Good fun, go give the book AND the game a try!
kelleemoye's review against another edition
4.0
Review at: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=6020
I had not heard of this book until it won the Odyssey Award this year. Although I could not get the audiobook, I wanted to read the picture book because of my love of Myers’s work. I thought this book was so much fun! It is the story of a blown-out-of-proportion game of HORSE between two friends that keep trash talking the other and one-upping their shots. I love the humor that Myers finds in the grand old tradition of banter on the court. What makes the book even better is the inspiration that Myers shares at the end of the book.
I had not heard of this book until it won the Odyssey Award this year. Although I could not get the audiobook, I wanted to read the picture book because of my love of Myers’s work. I thought this book was so much fun! It is the story of a blown-out-of-proportion game of HORSE between two friends that keep trash talking the other and one-upping their shots. I love the humor that Myers finds in the grand old tradition of banter on the court. What makes the book even better is the inspiration that Myers shares at the end of the book.
deservingporcupine's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. Basketball poetry, with a cameo by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Fun, fun, fun.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
Loved the trash talking these two friends do while playing HORSE.
Reminded me of some great Michael Jordan-Larry Bird McDonalds commercials from back in the day!
Reminded me of some great Michael Jordan-Larry Bird McDonalds commercials from back in the day!
bheadley's review against another edition
5.0
Dreamy and imaginative take on an uneventful schoolyard game. The adventures these kids go on is amazing. The innocence of childhood friendship can teach adults so many things.
asey's review against another edition
3.0
The story behind this story was the interesting part of this book. I didn't really care for this one too much. The illustrations are not that great and the dialogue is confusing.
corncobwebs's review against another edition
Popularity/appeal rating: 3
Quality rating: 4
In a one-sentence nutshell:
The mixed-media illustrations were neat, and I liked Neil deGrasse Tyson's cameo appearance. I loved what Myers said in the afterward about sports:
But also it felt good to play against someone who was an artist, because like dancing, sports can be as much about imagination as they are about athleticism.
When Kambui and I play against each other in basketball or in our summer touch football league with Hank and the rest of our artist crew, or Ping-Pong, we're not only playing with our bodies but also with our heads and hearts.
Looking at sports as an imaginative endeavor makes them more appealing to non-athletic people like me.
I just wish I had gotten the version with the audio CD - I think listening to a good narration would have made the book even more enjoyable.
Quality rating: 4
In a one-sentence nutshell:
The mixed-media illustrations were neat, and I liked Neil deGrasse Tyson's cameo appearance. I loved what Myers said in the afterward about sports:
But also it felt good to play against someone who was an artist, because like dancing, sports can be as much about imagination as they are about athleticism.
When Kambui and I play against each other in basketball or in our summer touch football league with Hank and the rest of our artist crew, or Ping-Pong, we're not only playing with our bodies but also with our heads and hearts.
Looking at sports as an imaginative endeavor makes them more appealing to non-athletic people like me.
I just wish I had gotten the version with the audio CD - I think listening to a good narration would have made the book even more enjoyable.