Download or read book Opening Days written by Lee Bennett Hopkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique collection of sports poems by a first-string team of beloved poets, the vitality of the language and the verve of Scott Medlock's illustrations truly echo the energy and joy of participating in athletics. From Jane Yolen's "Karate Kid" to Walt Whitman's "The Runner", the poems in this collection celebrate the pleasure of sport. Full color.