{"id":29578,"date":"2016-09-05T16:39:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T20:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=29578"},"modified":"2016-09-05T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T20:39:21","slug":"review-of-dont-throw-it-to-mo-by-david-a-adler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=29578","title":{"rendered":"Review of Don’t Throw It to Mo! by David A. Adler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dont_throw_it_to_mo_large\"<\/a>Don\u2019t Throw It to Mo!<\/em><\/p>\n

by David A. Adler
\nillustrated by Sam Ricks<\/p>\n

Penguin Young Readers, 2015. 32 pages.
\n2016 Geisel Award Winner<\/p>\n

The publisher labels this book \u201cLevel 2\u201d for the \u201cProgressing Reader.\u201d It uses simple sentences and lots of pictures \u2013 but tells a story with a plot and a twist.<\/p>\n

Mo loves football, but he\u2019s the smallest and youngest player on his team. He doesn\u2019t play often. Then Coach Steve carries out a plan to get the other team undervaluing Mo. He puts Mo in and tells him to go deep \u2013 but tells the team, \u201cDon\u2019t throw it to Mo!\u201d<\/p>\n

After a few plays like this, the other team\u2019s not worried about Mo \u2013 setting him up to catch a long pass and win the game.<\/p>\n

That summary, of course, doesn\u2019t do the book justice. The author uses the simple sentences of an early reader as an asset, building the suspense and making the result believable. I told you what happened. Readers will see and understand what\u2019s happening. And when they read the words themselves, they\u2019ll get a big pay-off when Mo wins the game.<\/p>\n

Mo\u2019s not the only winner from this book.<\/p>\n

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