Winners never quit!

Format:

Book

Title:

Winners never quit!

Author:

Hamm, Mia, 1972-

ISBN:

9780060740504

9780060740511

9780060740528

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note:

Illustrations on lining papers.

Summary:

Shows that being a team player is more important than winning or losing a game.

Reading Level:

"Pesch-2"--Inside front dust-jacket

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader LG 1.9 0.5 81703.

Personal Subject:

Hamm, Mia, 1972--Juvenile literature.

Hamm, Mia, 1972-

Subject(s):

Women soccer players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Determination (Personality trait) in children -- Juvenile literature.

Decision making in children -- Juvenile literature.

Siblings -- Juvenile literature.

Families -- Juvenile literature.

Soccer players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Soccer players.

Women -- Biography.

Geographic Term:

United States

Genre:

Picture books for children

Picture books for children.

Added Author:

Thompson, Carol, 1951-

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	796.334 Hamm	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Lyons Public Library	796.3 E/K HAM	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Salem Main Library	JP Ham	Searching... Unknown

Summary

"An inspiring tale." --Parents Magazine

Mia Hamm, American soccer champion and bestselling author of Go for the Goal, tells a true-life-inspired story in this picture book.

Winners Never Quit! can help with the emotional side of playing sports--how to deal with a loss without getting angry or quitting, and how to be a good teammate. A strong choice for the young athlete in your family or classroom.

Soccer superstar Mia Hamm knows the value of teamwork and perseverance. She shares this lesson, paired with energetic illustrations by Carol Thompson, in this motivational story.

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-Mia's favorite sport is soccer but she hates losing. In fact, she dislikes it so much that she quits in the middle of a game. Upset about her attitude, her siblings do not let her participate the next day. Mia learns quickly that there will be times when she will score a goal and those when she will not, but playing the game is the most fun of all. Bright, energetic cartoons depict the child's ups and downs. Attractive endpapers contain colorful sketches of the girl progressing from birth (showing a soccer ball given as a baby gift) through stretching activities, trials of not scoring, and the final celebration of the sport. The text represents the mixed feelings of all athletes learning the game. Parents or coaches wanting a story about the joy of playing soccer without emphasizing winning or losing will find an appropriate read-aloud here.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

This picture-book anecdote relates how soccer player extraordinaire Mia Hamm learned that playing is more important than winning+but her ""don't quit"" message comes through a little too loud and clear. Energetic illustrations show a spunky young Mia wearing cleats and sporting a ponytail. The final pages include photographs of Mia playing soccer as a child and as a professional athlete. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

K-Gr. 2. The world's top goal scorer and three-time Olympian offers a soccer tale, putatively autobiographical, about a little girl whose tendency to stomp off the field when frustrated prompts her teammates to teach her a lesson. The text perfectly reflects a competitive child's rage when things don't go as desired (Mia didn't want better luck next time. She wanted better luck now ), as do Thompson's expressive portraits of furious little Mia, all furrowed eyebrows and clenched fists. Hamm's somewhat vague author's note, in which she recalls that while playing soccer with my family, I learned . . . how to lose gracefully, won't totally satisfy kids' inevitable curiosity about whether or not this incident actually happened. Even so, young soccer enthusiasts will still be relieved to see a larger-than-life heroine reacting to frustration in a familiar way as they learn the lesson about good sportsmanship. A concluding, double-page spread features facts and photos charting Hamm's rise to fame, and a removable glossy photo comes tucked inside the back cover. --Jennifer Mattson Copyright 2004 Booklist

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School Library Journal Review

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