MEDIA REVIEW

But Not Always

Target Audience:
The target audience for this book is elementary age children.

Content:
This book does a great job of reviewing all the different kinds of balls used to play sports. The author describes different sports balls, and provides examples of how they are used in play. The book does a great job of engaging readers through guessing games and well illustrated pictures. These guessing games allow readers to use pictures and clues to determine what kind of ball the author is discussing.

The picture book also incorporates different types of balls seen outside of the sports arena. For example, the author discusses meatballs and cannonballs. The goal of the book appears to explain the complexity of balls, and how they are modified and used depending on the activity.

Strengths/ Limitations:
This picture book does a great job of explaining the concept of balls, and how they are used in sports and play. This book would be great for physical education teachers who are looking to explain how different types of balls serve different purposes, depending on the sport or activity. A limitation of this book is also one of its strengths. While the illustrations are well done, some pages are a bit cluttered with pictures and text. This may be distracting in some situations.

Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to parents and teachers who work with young children and would like a book to help illustrate various sports and the balls needed to participate in these sports. This book would be great when trying to provide small children with background information, in very basic terms, about the many different sports and how they are played.

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