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Boelts, Maribeth

Happy Like Soccer

32 pp. | Candlewick | May, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-4616-5 $15.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Lauren Castillo. City-kid Sierra wants her auntie, who works on Saturdays, to attend one of her soccer games. A rain cancellation spoils her aunt's first chance to watch a match, so Sierra comes up with a plan. Boelts's lyrical text (a suburban soccer field is a "spread-out sea of grass with no weeds") teams up nicely with Castillo's quietly expressive illustrations.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

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