Women in Sports | Board Book Review

Women in Sports generally draws interest because he knows the names of and enjoys some of the athletic equipment.  He isn't typically drawn to read this book with us, but he does look at it on his own sometimes.  

Synopsis

The colorful, sports focused book highlights the contributions of women throughout different sports, locations, and dates.  The simpler text is a good option for younger readers, compared to the original edition.

Title: Women in Sports

Author: Rachel Ignotofsky

Illustrator: Rachel Ignotofsky

Categories: Girls & Women, Biography & Autobiography - Women, Sports & Recreation - General Books

Published on: June 22, 2021

Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers

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Likes

• Variety of images for identification practice
• Simplified version of a book for older readers
• Texture on cover
• Variety of ways to read the book to adjust according to attention span of child (Name only, Name and short phrase on the bottom of the page, or reading all the words on the page)
• Easy to turn pages for little fingers.

Dislikes

• The art style of filling the page with dots or images makes it difficult for the youngest of readers to focus eyes.

Baby Guy Approval 

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On a scale of 0 to 5 Baby Guy claps, this would have to be 2 Baby Guy Claps.  He's not typically into sports books, so that could be why this one doesn't click for him yet.  He won't typically pick it to read with us, but will look through it on his own sometimes identifying a lot of the equipment.  He does look at it and confuse it with his "Mae Jemison book," so he goes into it looking for her.  Sometimes it seems like his disappointment at not finding her throws off his interest in the book.

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