The Horn Book Guide

SPORTS

Bildner, Phil

Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports

40 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7308-6 $16.99

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Brett Helquist. Theirs certainly was a great rivalry, and Bildner does a credible job of defining its arc and the two competitors' respective strengths. The book assumes a basic knowledge of tennis and its terms, and it indulges a narrative voice that can be distracting ("Martina had this lefty serve that was wicked, wicked"). Acrylic and oil illustrations are both characterful and energetic. Timeline. Bib.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton