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A Father's Advice to His Son
By Kipling, Rudyard & Smith, Charles George & Jr, Charles A. Stansfield
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68987-799-5
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2007]
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2007
Gr 4-6 Kipling's powerful poem comes to life for a contemporary audience in atmospheric photographs that use the metaphor of sports. A lovely shot of a boy heading a soccer ball accompanies the opening couplet: "If you can keep your head/when all about you/are losing theirs/and blaming it on you]." The mood and actions in most of the illustrations clearly invoke the v...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Employing sports as a metaphor for life, Smith illustrates Kipling's poem with impressive photographs of young male athl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
