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Paul, Baptiste

The Field

32 pp. | NorthSouth | March, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7358-4312-7 $17.95

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara. In a rural Caribbean community, children gather for a pickup game of futbol (soccer); it starts to pour, but the players and fans are unfazed. The staccato text, a mix of English and Creole, perfectly captures the intensity and forward propulsion of the action, culminating in an ecstatic cry of "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!" Vibrant illustrations, full of movement and saturated with color, match the vigor of the text. Glos.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018