Don't Throw It to Mo

Adler, D. (2015). Don't Throw It to Mo. New York, NY: Penguin Young Readers.

Being small doesn't have to keep you from being a hero. The theme of this book is a great message for all young readers. Mo loves football. He is however small. Normally he sits on the bench next to the coach during games. One day he is given a chance to be the hero of the game and he prevails.

This is a leveled reader. It would do well in a first or second grade classroom with emergent to beginning fluent readers. I like it because the characters are African American. This is an example of how picture books can include other races with out the message of the book covering race or multicultural issues.