The playground problem

When first-graders Nick, Jamie, and Reza refuse to let Emma join their soccer game just because she is a girl, Emma and her father devise a plan to teach the boys a lesson.

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Main Author: McNamara, Margaret
Other Authors: Gordon, Mike, 1948 March 16- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, c2004.
Edition:1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Series:Ready-to-read
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Summary:When first-graders Nick, Jamie, and Reza refuse to let Emma join their soccer game just because she is a girl, Emma and her father devise a plan to teach the boys a lesson.
Item Description:"Level 1, Starting to read."
Physical Description:32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Audience:4-6.
ISBN:0689858760 (pbk.)
0689858779 (library edition)
Author Notes:Margaret McNamara, the pseudonym of literary agent Brenda Bowen, is the Christopher Award-winning author of the long-running Robin Hill School series, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024. She is also the author of the Mr. Tiffin's Classroom series (all illustrated by G. Brian Karas), including How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? , which was awarded the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Gold Award, and The Dinosaur Expert , which received three starred reviews. Among her many other picture books is Vote for Our Future , illustrated by Micah Player, which Kirkus Reviews called "essential" in a starred review. Margaret McNamara lives in New York City and spends as much of the summer as she can in Maine.

Mike Gordon illustrates the Robin Hill School series and has an extensive and varied background in illustration and design. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.