(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These titles present very basic introductions to soccer around the world, briefly touching on rules, notable stadiums, and players (male and female) from the featured regions. The texts are reductive ("In Western Europe, soccer is part of everyday life"), but fans may find some useful tidbits. Action photographs illustrate basic rules of play and necessary equipment. Maps are included. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Soccer in Africa, Soccer in Asia, Soccer in Central America, Soccer in Eastern Europe, Soccer in North America, Soccer in South America, Soccer in the British Isles, and Soccer in Western Europe.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These titles present very basic introductions to soccer around the world, briefly touching on rules, notable stadiums, and players (male and female) from the featured regions. The texts are reductive ("In Western Europe, soccer is part of everyday life"), but fans may find some useful tidbits. Action photographs illustrate basic rules of play and necessary equipment. Maps are included. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Soccer in Africa, Soccer in Asia, Soccer in Central America, Soccer in Eastern Europe, Soccer in North America, Soccer in South America, Soccer in the British Isles, and Soccer in Western Europe.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These titles present very basic introductions to soccer around the world, briefly touching on rules, notable stadiums, and players (male and female) from the featured regions. The texts are reductive ("In Western Europe, soccer is part of everyday life"), but fans may find some useful tidbits. Action photographs illustrate basic rules of play and necessary equipment. Maps are included. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Soccer in Africa, Soccer in Asia, Soccer in Central America, Soccer in Eastern Europe, Soccer in North America, Soccer in South America, Soccer in the British Isles, and Soccer in Western Europe.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These titles present very basic introductions to soccer around the world, briefly touching on rules, notable stadiums, and players (male and female) from the featured regions. The texts are reductive ("In Western Europe, soccer is part of everyday life"), but fans may find some useful tidbits. Action photographs illustrate basic rules of play and necessary equipment. Maps are included. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Soccer in Africa, Soccer in Asia, Soccer in Central America, Soccer in Eastern Europe, Soccer in North America, Soccer in South America, Soccer in the British Isles, and Soccer in Western Europe.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These titles present very basic introductions to soccer around the world, briefly touching on rules, notable stadiums, and players (male and female) from the featured regions. The texts are reductive ("In Western Europe, soccer is part of everyday life"), but fans may find some useful tidbits. Action photographs illustrate basic rules of play and necessary equipment. Maps are included. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Soccer in Africa, Soccer in Asia, Soccer in Central America, Soccer in Eastern Europe, Soccer in North America, Soccer in South America, Soccer in the British Isles, and Soccer in Western Europe.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These titles present very basic introductions to soccer around the world, briefly touching on rules, notable stadiums, and players (male and female) from the featured regions. The texts are reductive ("In Western Europe, soccer is part of everyday life"), but fans may find some useful tidbits. Action photographs illustrate basic rules of play and necessary equipment. Maps are included. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Soccer in Africa, Soccer in Asia, Soccer in Central America, Soccer in Eastern Europe, Soccer in North America, Soccer in South America, Soccer in the British Isles, and Soccer in Western Europe.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These titles present very basic introductions to soccer around the world, briefly touching on rules, notable stadiums, and players (male and female) from the featured regions. The texts are reductive ("In Western Europe, soccer is part of everyday life"), but fans may find some useful tidbits. Action photographs illustrate basic rules of play and necessary equipment. Maps are included. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Soccer in Africa, Soccer in Asia, Soccer in Central America, Soccer in Eastern Europe, Soccer in North America, Soccer in South America, Soccer in the British Isles, and Soccer in Western Europe.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These titles present very basic introductions to soccer around the world, briefly touching on rules, notable stadiums, and players (male and female) from the featured regions. The texts are reductive ("In Western Europe, soccer is part of everyday life"), but fans may find some useful tidbits. Action photographs illustrate basic rules of play and necessary equipment. Maps are included. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Soccer in Africa, Soccer in Asia, Soccer in Central America, Soccer in Eastern Europe, Soccer in North America, Soccer in South America, Soccer in the British Isles, and Soccer in Western Europe.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These volumes provide snippets of information about the title teams. Seemingly attempting to hit every state curriculum standard for nonfiction, the texts cover critical thinking skills ("Brain Games" pages), vocabulary ("How many things can you find that start with S?), mapping skills, etc. Numerous photographs are the series' strong point. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Bears, Meet the Colts, Meet the Cowboys, Meet the Patriots, Meet the Steelers, and Meet the Vikings.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These volumes provide snippets of information about the title teams. Seemingly attempting to hit every state curriculum standard for nonfiction, the texts cover critical thinking skills ("Brain Games" pages), vocabulary ("How many things can you find that start with S?), mapping skills, etc. Numerous photographs are the series' strong point. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Bears, Meet the Colts, Meet the Cowboys, Meet the Patriots, Meet the Steelers, and Meet the Vikings.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These volumes provide snippets of information about the title teams. Seemingly attempting to hit every state curriculum standard for nonfiction, the texts cover critical thinking skills ("Brain Games" pages), vocabulary ("How many things can you find that start with S?), mapping skills, etc. Numerous photographs are the series' strong point. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Bears, Meet the Colts, Meet the Cowboys, Meet the Patriots, Meet the Steelers, and Meet the Vikings.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These volumes provide snippets of information about the title teams. Seemingly attempting to hit every state curriculum standard for nonfiction, the texts cover critical thinking skills ("Brain Games" pages), vocabulary ("How many things can you find that start with S?), mapping skills, etc. Numerous photographs are the series' strong point. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Bears, Meet the Colts, Meet the Cowboys, Meet the Patriots, Meet the Steelers, and Meet the Vikings.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These volumes provide snippets of information about the title teams. Seemingly attempting to hit every state curriculum standard for nonfiction, the texts cover critical thinking skills ("Brain Games" pages), vocabulary ("How many things can you find that start with S?), mapping skills, etc. Numerous photographs are the series' strong point. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Bears, Meet the Colts, Meet the Cowboys, Meet the Patriots, Meet the Steelers, and Meet the Vikings.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. These volumes provide snippets of information about the title teams. Seemingly attempting to hit every state curriculum standard for nonfiction, the texts cover critical thinking skills ("Brain Games" pages), vocabulary ("How many things can you find that start with S?), mapping skills, etc. Numerous photographs are the series' strong point. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Bears, Meet the Colts, Meet the Cowboys, Meet the Patriots, Meet the Steelers, and Meet the Vikings.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. The numerous photographs are the strong point of this series, which is otherwise long on filler (e.g, doggerel verses about one player on each team and an "ABCs of Baseball" page where readers try to identify things beginning with a particular letter). Double-page spreads showing baseball cards from the authors' collections are a plus. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Astros, Meet the Cardinals, Meet the Cubs, Meet the Dodgers, Meet the Rays, Meet the Red Sox, and Meet the Yankees.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. The numerous photographs are the strong point of this series, which is otherwise long on filler (e.g, doggerel verses about one player on each team and an "ABCs of Baseball" page where readers try to identify things beginning with a particular letter). Double-page spreads showing baseball cards from the authors' collections are a plus. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Astros, Meet the Cardinals, Meet the Cubs, Meet the Dodgers, Meet the Rays, Meet the Red Sox, and Meet the Yankees.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. The numerous photographs are the strong point of this series, which is otherwise long on filler (e.g, doggerel verses about one player on each team and an "ABCs of Baseball" page where readers try to identify things beginning with a particular letter). Double-page spreads showing baseball cards from the authors' collections are a plus. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Astros, Meet the Cardinals, Meet the Cubs, Meet the Dodgers, Meet the Rays, Meet the Red Sox, and Meet the Yankees.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. The numerous photographs are the strong point of this series, which is otherwise long on filler (e.g, doggerel verses about one player on each team and an "ABCs of Baseball" page where readers try to identify things beginning with a particular letter). Double-page spreads showing baseball cards from the authors' collections are a plus. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Astros, Meet the Cardinals, Meet the Cubs, Meet the Dodgers, Meet the Rays, Meet the Red Sox, and Meet the Yankees.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. The numerous photographs are the strong point of this series, which is otherwise long on filler (e.g, doggerel verses about one player on each team and an "ABCs of Baseball" page where readers try to identify things beginning with a particular letter). Double-page spreads showing baseball cards from the authors' collections are a plus. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Astros, Meet the Cardinals, Meet the Cubs, Meet the Dodgers, Meet the Rays, Meet the Red Sox, and Meet the Yankees.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) K-3 Smart About Sports series. With Mark Stewart. The numerous photographs are the strong point of this series, which is otherwise long on filler (e.g, doggerel verses about one player on each team and an "ABCs of Baseball" page where readers try to identify things beginning with a particular letter). Double-page spreads showing baseball cards from the authors' collections are a plus. Websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Smart About Sports titles: Meet the Astros, Meet the Cardinals, Meet the Cubs, Meet the Dodgers, Meet the Rays, Meet the Red Sox, and Meet the Yankees.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin