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The field / words by Baptiste Paul ; pictures by Jacqueline Alcántara.

Paul, Baptiste, (author.). Alcántara, Jacqueline, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"Vini! Come! The field calls!" cries a girl as she and her younger brother rouse their community - family, friends, and the local fruit vendor - for a pick-up soccer (futbol) game. Boys and girls, young and old, players and spectators come running - bringing balls, shoes, goals, and a love of the sport. "Friends versus friends" teams are formed, the field is cleared of cows, and the game begins! But will a tropical rainstorm threaten their plans? The world's most popular and inclusive sport has found its spirited and authentic voice in Baptiste Paul's debut picture book - highlighting the joys of the game along with its universal themes: teamwork, leadership, diversity, and acceptance. Creole words (as spoken as Saint Lucia, the author's birthplace island in the Caribbean) add spice to the story and are a strong reminder of the sport's world fame. Bright and brilliant illustrations by debute children's book illustrator Jacqueline Alcántara - winner of the We Need Diverse Books Illustration Mentorship award - capture the grit and glory of the game and the beauty of the island setting that inspired this particular field. -- From dust jacket.

Children form teams, build a pitch, and play a joyous game of soccer, in a book with English and Creole (as spoken in Saint Lucia) vocabulary words.

Record details

ISBN: 9780735843127
ISBN: 0735843120
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Publisher: Zürich, Switzerland : NorthSouth Books, Inc., an imprint of NordSüd Verlag, 2018.
Distributor: New York : Distributed in the United States by NorthSouth Books, Inc.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical reference.
Target Audience Note:	230L Lexile Structure indicator: 80 (high) Syntactic indicator: 20 (low) Semantic indicator: 70 (medium) Decoding indicator: 40 (medium) Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR LG 1 0.5 193706. Accelerated Reader 1.0.
Language Note:	Text in English and Haitian French Creole.
Awards Note:	Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018 Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018 School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018