Reviewed by Betsy-Bee, age 8:

Cork was a muskrat and Fuzz was a possum. They both like it when they win a game. Fuzz always won and Cork wanted to win. And he finally did. It made me think about when my family always wins and I don’t. But eventually I do. Fuzz had longer legs then Cork; Fuzz was better at stickball than Cork and he was better at tackle ball. But Cork can swim and Fuzz can’t and he was very, very good at hide-and-seek. But there was a game that they both could win: A three-legged race!

Sherry’s thoughts: I read Cork & Fuzz: Good Sports, too, and I thought it was an entertaining and delightful easy reader. Cork and his friend Fuzz are personable characters, and the words themselves are difficult enough to be challenging (level 3), but with some repetition for phonetic and sight word practice.

This easy reader has been nominated for the Cybil Award for Middle Grade Fiction. Do you have a favorite children’s book published in 2007? Nominations are still open in the following categories: Fantasy and Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Fiction Picture Books, Middle Grade Fiction, Middle Grade and Young Adult Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Poetry, and Young Adult Fiction.