Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play
by Kathryn Heling (Author), Deborah Hembrook (Author) and Andy Robert Davies (Illustrator)
Booktalk: The BIG Picture
The clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines. What athlete wears those items? Turn the page to discover the sport at hand—and the athlete in full gear! From baseball and soccer, to fencing and archery, there’s something for everyone . . .
#kidlit Writing Lesson: the small details
The second clothesline clue is:
Team shirt, goalie gloves,
A ball to kick away.
Long socks and shin guards.
What sport does she play?
In a poem every word needs a reason to be there. There are five clues packed into the first three lines of this four line stanza:
(1) Team shirt,
(2) goalie gloves,
(3) A ball to kick away.
(4) Long socks
and (5) shin guards.
After the clues, the stanza asks the question:
What sport does she play?
Can you guess?
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