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This is one of the Mascot Book series where the Arizona State University mascot Sparky is on campus for game day. This publisher has books for NFL, MLB, NBA, some other major events but is most of its books deal with colleges.

book discusses the different places of towson university's campus.
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Love ya' Blue! Great way to brainwash my little girl to be a Dodgers fan!

This book is about the LSU Tigers' mascot, named Mike. It is gamed day and Mike the Tiger is walking to the stadium. On his way, he passes many different people all over the campus who tell him, "Hello Mike!" Once at the football game, Mike cheered and watched from the sidelines. When the game was over, Coach Saban congratulated Mike. Mike went home and straight to bed after such an eventful day. This book makes reference to several of the popular buildings and monuments on LSU's campus and also has familiar, detailed drawings to go along with it. Very cute!

I am a big fan of these mascot books for kids. They let the die hard sports fan read stories to their child that will explain things that they may be experiencing when they get older.

This book about the Detroit Tigers and their mascot Paws is really good - even if it isn't exactly accurate. It starts out by showing Paws in Greektown, which is a place in downtown Detroit that many people will try to visit on gamedays. The illustrations show many different Tiger fans in the streets. Fans of all different races, sex and age flow into Comerica Park. The picture of Greektown does show a pay phone on the sidewalk - I can't remember the last time I've seen a pay phone anywhere.

The page that depicts Comerica Park is spot on. The illustration shows the two bats that line the entry way, and the multiple stone tigers that stand on top of the stadium.

The book does not show the Ferris Wheel or the Carousel. It also misses out on capturing the statues and GM water fountain in center field. There is one page that says, "Paws went into the bleachers to visit his fans." While the picture on that page shows Paws standing in the stands between home and first base. He couldn't be any farther away from the bleachers!

But all in all - this is a good book. And I would certainly recommend it to any sports fan.

This book shows two kids, around ten years old, walking through campus at the University of Michigan on their way to the football game at the Big House. Everyone they pass says, "Let's Go Blue!"
This book has very basic language - and a lot of repeated language so that babies can hear the same words over and over again.
The only thing that I don't like in this book is the illustrations are not consistent. The kids look different from page to page; however, the background of the campus is magnificent. As they walk through the Diag, the Law Quad, or by the Student Union - you certainly get a feeling for where they are on campus.
My other problem, and this is very picky, but they have U-M playing Ohio State in the game. When, in all pictures, they have this taking place in the fall. U-M only plays Ohio State in late November - where snow would be the norm. There would certainly not be anyone with short sleeves and colored leaves on the trees during that game.½

This book is good for kindergarten to third grade. Kids are able to discuss different landmarks across the state of Alabama as Big AL visits each one. This is a great book for talking about Alabama.

I would love to show this book in my classroom. The main reason I would want to show it is to show my students where I went to school to become a teacher!

A great first book for Spartan parents to read to future Spartans that follows Sparty on his way to a football game. Sparty is developed through the illustrations and the way that everyone he passes says hello. The plot is simple and repetitive, but that is great for the age group this book is targeted at. The setting of Michigan State is done through the illustrations of famous places on campus. This would be a great book for a public library in areas with a heavy Spartan faithful population in the young to early reader section. Probably not a great book for populations that are far from East Lansing or are near rival school areas, however it appears that there are many other mascot books and the right ones for the area would be great.