SO CUTE! ( )

Sergio dreams about being a star soccer player but he's not very good at it. With the help of his teammates, coach and lots of practicing, Sergio becomes a good player. Once they play off against the opposing team, The Seagulls, Sergio blocks the last kick and wins the game.

SERGIO SAVES THE GAME by Edel Rodriguez is an inspiring story to help kids understand they have to keep working to get good at something. This story is about a penguin that loves the sport of soccer. He loves it so much but there is one problem, he is not good at any position. He talks to his mom about it and she helps him realize that he should practice being a goalie. He practices and practices and discovers the more he practices the better he becomes. Once the game is tied the team sends out their biggest player to try and get a goal but with all the practice he has been doing, he ends up stopping the ball from going in. This would be a good story for teachers to read to their students because it shows that with hard work and practice people can become better at what they are doing. They can apply this in many ways such as learning to write words. With more practice it will become easier to do. The illustrations of book are bright and colorful which captures the readers attention. ( )

Sregio Saves the Game by Edel Rodriquez is a classic tale of sticking with what you love. Sergio, a penguin has a love for soccer, unfortunately he is not a very good player and feels sad because of it. He later is given advice from his mom to play as the goalie and once given the chance, he proves to his team that he is a valuable and good player and eventually helps his team win the championship. This story can easily be used to talk about never giving up and and to always keep trying. The illustrations are simplistic and all done in black, white, yellow, red, and blue. ( )

Sergio loves to play soccer with his entire penguin friends, but the only problem is he really is not that great at playing in the field. He is always tripping and getting in the way of his teammates when playing the game. Sergio’s teammates tell him that he really shouldn’t play soccer anymore because of the way he played. He goes home and tells his mom that he is always tripping on his own two feet. After hearing Sergio say this, his mother thought he should really start up playing Ping-Pong, but he does not want to play Ping-Pong. She asks him after he says he does not want to t to play Ping-Pong, why don’t you go back to soccer and try out for goalie. Sergio thinks that is a great idea, and practices and practices as the new goalie for his team. The team has an important championship game a match up between, the Seagulls, the Penguin’s biggest rivals. The game comes down to a penalty kick, and Sergio saves the ball with his beak, and the penguins win the championship game all thanks to Sergio, having never giving upon the game of soccer. ( )