The Playground Problem (Ready to Read: Level One: Robin Hill School)

by Margaret McNamara (Author) Mike Gordon (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

There's a problem on the playground! The boys won't let the girls play soccer with them during recess. Emma is furious! So she figures out a plan to get them to change their minds. And in the end they all learn that the best teams are the ones that everyone gets to play on!
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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1-The first title features a little boy having bath-time fun. In imaginative color illustrations, the bubbles multiply and float through the house, outdoors, and into the neighborhood until, "Will bubbles never stop?/Sun gets hotter./Bubbles pop." Short sentences, rhyming words, and repetition help beginning readers to feel successful. In the second book, first-grader Emma wants to play soccer with the boys on the playground, so her dad helps her to devise a plan to make them understand that it's OK for boys and girls to play together. This is a useful story for dealing with gender roles, emotions, and conflict resolution. The colorful cartoon characters are endearing. Both books are solid additions.-Tracy Bell, Durham Public Schools, NC

Copyright 2004 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission

Margaret McNamara
Margaret McNamara is the author of the Robin Hill School series, and she gets many ideas from her daughter's own school experiences. She lives in New York City.

Mike Gordon illustrates the Robin Hill School series and has an extensive and varied background in illustration and design. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780689858765
Lexile Measure
400
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Publication date
April 01, 2004
Series
Ready to Read: Level One
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV032000 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | General
JUV017000 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | General
Library of Congress categories
Schools
Sex role
Soccer

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