The Horn Book Guide

SPORTS

Laughlin, Kara L.

Parkour

32 pp. | Child's | January, 2018 | Library ISBN 978-1503823716 $27.07

(4) K-3 Neighborhood Sports series. Neighborhood Sports series. “Don’t sit around indoors. Play kickball outside with your friends!” These upbeat volumes provide very simple rules and instructions for the title sports. While the texts’ helpfulness can be questionable (“Kicking is easy. Just point your toes down and kick”), their enthusiasm comes through in exclamation point-heavy writing and clear illustrations of children at play. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz