Kennedy's cast of spirited pachyderms compete for gold medals in the Elympics. J. Get ready for figure skating, diving, slalom racing, and more--elephant style! X. This collection of fast-paced poetry will have you laughing and cheering as each new character strives in a different event.From School Library Journal Kindergarten-Grade 3 A fine collection of 13 short poems on various major eve
- Title : Elympics
- Author : X.J. Kennedy
- Rating : 4.73 (318 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-2-26
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 150 Pages
- Asin : B00MP1ICF2
- Language :
Kennedy's cast of spirited pachyderms compete for gold medals in the Elympics. J. Get ready for figure skating, diving, slalom racing, and more--elephant style! X. This collection of fast-paced poetry will have you laughing and cheering as each new character strives in a different event.From School Library Journal Kindergarten-Grade 3 A fine collection of 13 short poems on various major events in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, illustrated with a wonderful team of elephant athletes. Judith Constantinides, East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Sprinters, skiers, skaters, and gymnasts all have their moments of glory. Basic facts about the games are included in a note at the back. The emphasis in the poems is on good sportsmanship, the value of practice and teamwork, trying your best and persevering, etc. Each selection merits a double-page watercolor-and-pencil illustration, that shows the competitors engaging in athletic endeavors with elephantine grace there are even elephant clouds looking down on the superstars. A perfect introduction to the Games for the very young. The cover art shows the Olympic torch being lit in Greece, and the two seThis is book will provide the knowledge we need in order to avoid more sugar consumption. The class had that much trouble with it.I have to say, for myself and my own experience, that I thought the book was reasonably well done. Well, I'm just shocked at how my feelings have changed. Harry's Boston Red Stockings won four pennants in the league's five-year existence. Book 2 of the Morus Chronicles keeps the reader enthralled with a new adventure while the characters continue to grow. It's a mystique we in the world outside of the box we place television journalists in revel, and where we don't know them well we fill that box with all kinds of ideas, projections and possibilities that eventually turns each of the people we welcome into our living rooms into nothing more than an image; not a flesh-and-blood human being.With "Transparent", Lemon proves he is a full-on human being, lumps and all. This is a far better deal than any of the pricey video series out there. He's not your typical "book hero" and I love him because of that. The menhaden's unique ability to remove algae and phytoplankton from the water provides a cleansing effect that is of incalculable benefit to all sea creatures.Largely unfettered by meaningful regulation, the menhaden reduction industry has systematically p
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