Let's Play!: Poems About Sports and Games from Around the World

Featuring a variety of leisure activities from around the globe, these lively poems familiarize children with sports like cricket, soccer, American football, baseball, basketball, running, relay race, tobogganing, skating, swimming, diving, netball, pole vault, shot put, kung fu, judo, boxing, tennis, table tennis, kite flying, hockey, surfing, riding, and horse racing, as well as games such as skipping, swinging, computer games, Scrabble, chess, and Snakes and Ladders. Vibrant illustrations portray children and adults of many different cultures enjoying pastimes from around the world.