"Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport" by Christianne Jones is a delightful picture book that teaches children about the importance of good sportsmanship. The story follows Lucia, who loves games but struggles to be a good sport when she loses or wins. The author uses a helpful rhyme and humor to teach young readers about the importance of having fun while playing games and being gracious and respectful to others.

Such a cute little book! We are huge fans of llamas in our house and even bigger fans of a story that teaches a lesson. With siblings not very far about in age we often have to relearn the art of being a good sport. Lucia was a great help in that area!

4 stars

I would recommend this to all age children but it is geared more towards smaller children.

Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport by Christianne Jones is a lovely book that teaches a very important lesson to children.

Lucia loves playing sports however not so many of her friends enjoy playing with her. When she wins she rubs it in, when so loses she cries and yells and gets angry.
We set on a journey to show Lucia that she doesn't have to be such a poor sport and ruing fun for everyone with her behavior.

Author manages to teach a lesson in a charming and easy way. The illustrations are good however sometimes they seem a bit unfinished.
As my child struggles to overcome this problem I found it very helpful to have a book dealing with such a crucial topic that will benefit him later in life as well.
Great rhymes and combined with good story make it an awesome read.

I loved Lucia Lacorte's story. As someone who loves games, this book met my heart! It's hard to lose, but it's also hard to be a good sport when you win! Lucia has some learning to do about how to be a good winner and loser. Her friends and fellow club mates are tired of her poor sport attitude when she wins. Thankfully she has an amazing grandpa who is there to help her learn what it feels like to be on the other side of the win. I am very excited to add this one to my classroom library.

This is so cute! Lucia loves playing games with her friends, but she is one poor sport! She doesn’t see a problem with it until she plays a few games with her grandpa and he acts just like she does. She didn’t like it one bit! What a great message for all ages! This is a great children’s book. I will be reading it to my preschoolers today! It will make for a fun discussion on what it means to be a good sport.
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“Try your best, have lots of fun. Smile and shake when the game is done.”

Lucia Lacorte turns up to a meeting of the Get Gaming Club one Friday as usual and finds that her friends have put up a sign with these words on. Furious, Lucia confronts them and discovers they’re all sick of her being a sore loser and a mean, boastful winner. When she refuses to change her ways, her friends stop coming to the meetings and Lucia finds herself alone. Will she ever learn to be a good sport and win her friends’ forgiveness?

Lucia’s strong, bubbly personality comes through clearly in this story and many parents will recognise their own children in her. She’s a delightfully flawed character who learns her lesson in an entertaining, natural way without it seeming forced or preachy.

Some of the illustrations look a bit too unfinished and clearly digital for my taste, but I have no doubt the bright colours and variety of composition will greatly appeal to young people.

This is a fun, cheerful picture book especially suitable to read with children who enjoy playing team games but haven’t yet learned how to be a good sport.

Considered this book for Iphelia's Editor's Bookshelf Review, but found it a little too simplistic. While the imagery is adorable, I was confused by what age reader the book was intended for. To my mind, Lucia must be in upper elementary or even middle school seeing as she's leading the game club (and there don't seem to be any adults there to model good behavior, so clearly the participants aren't young kids). Unfortunately, the behavior she's exhibiting seems like that of a younger kid. I don't know how many early elementary schoolers (or preschoolers) can relate to a game club, or if older children can gain a lot from the story.

Also, as other reviewers have pointed out, grandpa's behavior is confusing. Even as an adult, I initially wondered if the implication was that Lucia had learned her bad behavior from grandpa. Is there a lineage of poor sportsmanship in Lucia's family? No...grandpa is teaching her a lesson by treating her poorly, without talking about it. This was a little too nuanced for my taste. It could lead to productive conversation, but only if young readers have more supportive adults in their lives than those who show up in Lucia's story.

It was a nice book with cute art. But other picture books have addressed the topic in more interesting/nuanced ways. I don't have any issues with this book, but I don't see a need to have it on our shelves.

This could be a good storytime book to teach kids about being a good sport when playing with others.
I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Lucia has a problem. She has alienated her entire gaming club because of her poor sportsmanship. I love that the book shows many different examples of being a bad sport: gloating, bragging, accusing the winner of cheating, etc. Children will be able to recognise those behaviours in themselves and work to change them. I can see teachers using this book to help their class understand how to handle competition. Overall, a cute and helpful picture book about being a good sport.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked this book. The pictures are cute and colorful. The main character Lucia is adorable. I like that it teaches the lesson about sportsmanship. Many kids have a hard time learning about that and how it makes others feel when they act the way they do. It teaches it in a very understanding way.

This book does an admirable job of showing what a bad sport looks like. So often we tell kids to be good sports, but we aren't very explicit about how to do it. With all the chances to yell and scream, this will be a fun book to read aloud.

This was such a fun book. Lucia Lacorte like to play games. She even started a gaming club. However, her actions when she wins, or win she loses leave much to be desired. After she refuses to play by the new rules all her friends leave her club. No she can only play with grandpa. He is such a bad sport. He gloats when he wins and throws a fit when he loses. A great story for kids an parents, and while this book centers around board games, it could pertain to any type of games including sports.

Lucia Lacorte is a llama that needs to learn a lesson in sportsmanship. Her friends are too afraid to tell her that she is a poor sport when she wins and when she loses so they just stop playing with her. Her grandpa then gives Lucia some lessons by imitating her own behavior.

There is a cute rhyme about sportsmanship that makes it a little "catchy" for kids to remember and the message is clear. The illustrations were adorable and easy to tell the emotions of the characters through some simple facial lines.

I would recommend it as a quick easy read for kids age 8 and under who need some help with the challenging skills of playing games with others.

Hillarious way to teach kids about being a good sport. Lucia rubs her wins in all her friends' faces and she accuses her friends when they win of cheating. Lucia is about to find out that you may be the president of the games club but it's not fun if you don't have members. Lucia needs to change her attitude before shes left alone playing by herself.

Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport is a sufficient story for promoting better sportsmanship. I would recommend this book to for educators and parents who might have a poor sport in their life who needs to hear this message. Young children will probably miss that Lucia's grandfather is trying to teach her a lesson. The illustrations are colorful and cheery.

Lucia is an adorable looking little llama on the outside but on the inside....not so much. You see she is not a good sport. When she loses she throws a trantrum and accuses others of cheating and when she wins she rubs it in their faces and dances around full of mean spirited pride . Finally her friends have had enough and take it upon themselves to exclude her from playing. She makes everyone feel uneasy because of her contemptuous mood swings and she ruins the whole spirit of having fun when playing. They collectively take a stand and boycott her from their fun. Oh my! What has Lucia done?

Lucia, with the help of her beloved grandfather and her sweet dad, discovers the errors of her ways and is redeemed but will her friends believe her and accept her back into their game's circles?

This charming book is for readers ages 4-8. The illustrator has done an exeptional job of creating a character that kids can relate to and the colour pallet that she has chosen is vibrant. Her brilliant artistic skills makes all the characters in the book come alive. The author uses subtle humour and rhymes to teach readers how to practise good sportsmanship. I highly recommend this book. It is a wonderful addition to the Little Boost series.

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Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport is a quick and simple read with a great message for young children. Lucia has started a game club with friends but is a very poor sport, whether she wins or loses. Her friends are tired of her behaviour and they make a sign with a positive message. Lucia gets upset and all her friends leave. With some help from her family members, Lucia sees the negative qualities in herself and vows to make a change. The illustrator, Marissa Morea, made an endearing character (Lucia the llama) come to life. The emotions were easy to see on each page. Author Christianne Jones uses good humor and helpful rhymes to teach early learners about good sportsmanship. I love the pledge that they adopt for the club at the end of the book. I read this book to my 5 year old grandson. He has a tough time when he does not win a game so I thought this would be a good story for him. He realized that Lucia was not behaving well, but when I asked him about his behaviour when he loses a game, he didn't seem to relate as well as I had hoped. The publisher, Capstone - Picture Window Books, provided me with a copy of this book to read. The rating, ideas and opinions are my own.

Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport is a quick and simple read with a great relatable moral for the younger crowd. The illustrations made an endearing character come to life in a friendly way. Lucia has started a game club with friends but is both a sore loser and a sore winner, and her friends are tired of it! With some help from her family members, Lucia sees the negative qualities in herself and vows to make a change. This story can teach a great lesson to kids while encouraging them to self reflect on their own words and actions when faced with a similar situation. Thank you, NetGalley for the ARC!

“Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport” has the sweetest narrative and the most darling illustrations by Madrid-based artist Marisa Morea.

In this charming book for readers ages 6-8, temperamental llama Lucia Lacorte (oh, what a face!) loves games. But her few friends don’t want to play with her because she cries and yells when she loses and gloats when she wins. You see, Lucia Lacorte is a very poor sport. Can anyone get through to her and show her that being a good sport is the fun in fun and games?

Author Christianne Jones uses good humor and helpful rhymes to teach early learners about good sportsmanship in this colorful and highly recommended addition to the Little Boost series. 5/5

Pub Date 01 Jan 2019

Thanks to Capstone and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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