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Testing The Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson (2009)

by Sharon Robinson(Favorite Author)

4.2 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0545052513 (ISBN13: 9780545052511)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Scholastic Press

review 1: If a teacher is looking for a mentor text that models courage, I would recommend this title. What I appreciate most about this biography (it is written by Jackie Robinson's daughter Sharon) is that it makes an abstract concept like courage understandable. The text goes between Jackie Robinson's entry into the Major Leagues, and later as a father facing his fear of stepping onto the frozen lake so his kids can ice skate. When I have read this book aloud to 3rd graders, I ask multiple times, "What is courage?" I find that the listeners' definitions change during the reading. At the end, I usually share my favorite definition. It comes, more or less, from the book Coraline by Neil Gaiman: "Courage is knowing something is going to be scary or dangerous, and doing it any... moreway."
review 2: Genre: Biography/History/FamilyAudience 1st-3rdStrategy : Anticipation Guide.This book would be good to use as an anticipation guide.There are literally hundreds of questions I could ask hereare a few: (most would be yes/no)1) Have heard of Jackie Robinson?2) Have you heard of the new movie 42?3) Do you enjoy baseball?4) Do you like the water?5) Have you ever been to New York?6) Do you think that kids of all races/colors should play together?7) Do you notice anything about the author and the main characters names?8) Could the be related. less

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