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A review by kelleemoye
The Sports Pages by Jon Scieszka
4.0
Reviewed at: http://www.teachmentortexts.com/2012/07/guys-read-sports-pages.html
I love baseball, so when The Sports Pages first story was one by Don Gutman about baseball that cracked me up so much that I ran to the other room to tell my husband about it- the book had won me over. Realistically, like most short story collections, I found stories I really enjoyed and others I enjoyed less. Personally, I liked the baseball stories the most because I am a fan where others will like the football stories. Either way, this book has a bit of something for almost all sports lovers: tennis, hockey, basketball, baseball, football, and MMA.
As a teacher, I love short story collections because they can easily be used for read alouds or mentor texts. This particular collection has such a wide mix of texts. I liked there the mixture included many different examples that could be used in the classroom including humor, identity, competition, rivalry, bullying, and reflection; though, I feel that the pieces nonfiction are the best piece in the collection of exemplar text for memoirs, one more of an interview, one more of a humorous narrative and one a personal narrative.
I will definitely be purchasing this book, because the ARC is missing Chris Crutcher's story and I HAVE to read it.
I love baseball, so when The Sports Pages first story was one by Don Gutman about baseball that cracked me up so much that I ran to the other room to tell my husband about it- the book had won me over. Realistically, like most short story collections, I found stories I really enjoyed and others I enjoyed less. Personally, I liked the baseball stories the most because I am a fan where others will like the football stories. Either way, this book has a bit of something for almost all sports lovers: tennis, hockey, basketball, baseball, football, and MMA.
As a teacher, I love short story collections because they can easily be used for read alouds or mentor texts. This particular collection has such a wide mix of texts. I liked there the mixture included many different examples that could be used in the classroom including humor, identity, competition, rivalry, bullying, and reflection; though, I feel that the pieces nonfiction are the best piece in the collection of exemplar text for memoirs, one more of an interview, one more of a humorous narrative and one a personal narrative.
I will definitely be purchasing this book, because the ARC is missing Chris Crutcher's story and I HAVE to read it.