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Robert Kinerk's and beloved artist Steven Kellogg's Clorinda returns to play ball!
Clorinda the irrepressible cow is back! This time the bovine's at bat for her favorite team, the Red Hats of BossTown. And the rival team is in trouble...because when Clorinda steps up to the plate--it's a win for the home team for sure!
Whimsical, rhyming text from Robert Kinerk paired with humorously detailed illustrations from acclaimed illustrator Steven Kellogg,makes for a charming tale of teamwork that reinforces the importance of self esteem.
Author Notes
Robert Kinerk is the author of Clorinda, illustrated by Steven Kellogg, which was an IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book, and about which Booklist said in a starred review, "Much applause for Clorinda." Mr. Kinerk grew up in Alaska and has worked as a journalist and playwright. He now lives with his wife, Anne, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Steven Kellogg is the beloved illustrator of more than one hundred books for children including Clorinda and Clorinda Takes Flight , and he has been awarded the Regina Medal for his entire body of work. Mr. Kellogg works in an old barn overlooking Lake Champlain in Essex, New York, where he lives with his family.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-Through a rhyming text, children take a joyous romp on and off the baseball diamond, learning to be better friends along the way. Clorinda the cow dreams of playing for the Bosstown Red Hats and works with several animals and human neighbors to find their places on the field or in the stands. First, she helps her friend Hop, a pig, find his true calling, and then teaches Deke, a neighbor boy, to play the game and launches him into the big leagues. Kellogg uses his signature style to capture the action and the personalities. Vibrant watercolor illustrations dance across the barnyard and the stadium, capturing the characters' delightful expressions and moods on every page. Predominant themes include sports, friendship, coaching, self-confidence, and helping others achieve their dreams, even if it means subverting one's own. This book is certain to be loved by both listeners and readers alike.-Janene Corbin, Rosebank Elementary School, Nashville, TN (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In her third comedic outing, Clorinda the cow dreams of joining her favorite baseball team-the Red Hats of Bosstown. But practice comes first. Clorinda and her "piggest" fan, Hop, construct a makeshift baseball field and grandstand, but when a shy boy named Deke steps up to the mound, Clorinda realizes that he's the real star player. Deke gets signed by the Red Hats (Clorinda thinks sadly, "But... that was my dream"), but his nerves won't allow him to play without his coach, Clorinda, who helps the team to a World Series win when a freak dust storm sets in. As in the previous Clorinda books, Kinerk's couplets are buoyant ("One day he knocked/ such a powerful fly,/ it bounced off a copter/ just then whumping by"), and his plotting is over-the-top; Kellogg's characteristically expressive, gold-infused illustrations have no trouble keeping pace. Ages 4-8. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
(Picture book. 3-9)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Having danced, and then flown, triumphantly in previous appearances, Clorinda the cow with the big aspirations sets her cap to play for the big-league Bosstown Red Hats. Tucking in visual jokes a right-handed batter with a lefty's grip, a rule book appropriately sent flying by a gust of wind Kellogg matches the rhymed narrative's vigorous dactyls with typically exuberant illustrations that track his bovine dreamer from (literal) farm team to World Series glory.--Peters, John Copyright 2010 Booklist
