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Sleeping Bear Press Hat Tricks Count
Author and son of a former NHL player, Matt Napier, brings together charming poems and arena hockey in a two-tiered format suitable for young and older readers alike by combining entertainment with education in a book all about hockey. * Utilizes beautiful illustrations of all things hockey to teach the young player numbers * Highlights rules, players, coaches, teams, and the history of the game * Entertains as it educates * Hard cover * Companion title to Z is for Zamboni * Written by: Matt Napier with Illustrations by Melanie Rose
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Review 1 for Hat Tricks Count
Date:6/29/10
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goalie56
Fun for all ages
Pros: beautiful illustrations, enjoyable for all ages, historical facts and trivia
Cons: some concepts too complicated for little kids, skips over key numbers
I also reviewed "Z is for Zamboni" (love it) - this book is written by the same authors/illustrators and in the same format.
Gorgeous illustrations, rhyming text, and interesting facts and trivia in the side notes makes this a great book for hockey fans of all ages.
My only "cons": some of the concepts represented by the numbers are too advanced for a child actually learning to count. Also, the counting goes from 1-12, then skips to 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100. Why skip 13 and 14? Not the best counting book for little ones trying to learn up to 20.
Still, my little one (2 yrs when we got the book) loves hockey enough that the illustrations thrill him and I paraphrase some of the difficult text. My older kids really enjoy the trivia