Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport

by Christianne Jones, Marisa Morea (Illustrator)

Overview

Lucia Lacorte loves games. But few friends enjoy playing games with her. When she loses, she cries and yells. And when she wins, its even worse: She dances around and rubs it in. You see, Lucia Lacorte is a very poor sport. Can anyone get through to Lucia and show her that being a good sport is the fun in fun and games? Author Christianne Jones uses humor and a helpful rhyme to teach early learners about the importance of good sportsmanship in this entertaining picture book from the Little Boost series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515840282
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Series:	Little Boost Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	624,737
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Christianne Jones grew up in a small town with three sisters, no cable, and parents who were teachers. After college, Christianne became an editor at a children’s book company and began writing. She has found her niche in the picture book genre and has written many popular titles, including Donut Worry, Miles McHale, Tattletale, Harrison P. Spader, Personal Space Invader, and Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker. Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker won a 2013 Gelett Burgess Award and was a Midwest Book Award finalist. Christianne lives in Mankato, Minnesota, with her husband and three daughters.

I'm a freelance illustrator based in Madrid, Spain. I lived in Barcelona for almost a couple of years where I graduated in a MA Illustration at Eina School in Barcelona in 2009. After a few years working as an Art Director in several advertising agencies, I decided to quit and try as a full time illustrator. So far, I've worked with many international clients from United States, Australia, UK, France or Singapore. I've been published by Penguin Ramdon House, Simon & Schuster, SM, Nosy Crow, Sterling or Little Tiger Press. In my spare time, I'm a Asthanga yogi, a classic cinema lover and go also crazy for music and lemon pies.

Interviews

* from Christianne Jones, author of Lacy Walker, Nonstop Talker and Harrison P. Spader, Personal Space Invader                                     * Addition to Little Boost, a set focusing on social skills for our youngest readers * Perfect readaloud

Editorial Reviews

2018-10-28

Lucia, a yellow llama, is a sore loser and a gloating winner, and when you're the founder and president of the Get Gaming Club, that's a real problem.

Lucia's downturned mouth and body language speak volumes when she spies a new sign outside the GGC meeting place: "Try your best / have lots of fun / smile and shake / when the game is done," a repeated refrain. "I did not approve this sign," she grumps. Lucia confronts the club members, a diverse array of anthropomorphic animals, but no one admits the truth: that they all contributed. The angry llama tells those who "have a problem with [her] club" that they "can just leave." None do, but no one has any fun that day, and the next week, the GGC is empty. Lucia goes home to play her games with Grandpa, but he turns the tables and exhibits the behaviors Lucia is notorious for. Lucia reacts as her GGC friends do, but this time she has a rhyme to teach Grandpa how to be a good sport. At an emergency meeting, Lucia apologizes and recites the new club pledge, which readers will have learned by now. Morea's simple cartoon illustrations keep the focus on the characters' interactions and their spot-on facial expressions and body language. The pastel palette does little to advance the mood, but it is sunny.

Yes, it's preachy and has a too-easily-come-by resolution, but for too many kids, it's a necessary lesson, and the rhyme will stick with readers. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews