Ben and Lucy Play Pond Hockey

Product Description Today is the day that Ben and Lucy have been waiting for--the ice is finally frozen and they can play pond hockey! The kids put sticks on their shoulders for the traditional trek to the rink where they meet their friends for a game of two-on-two. Playing until the sun sets, Lucy and Ben zoom and twirl across the ice, passing the puck and scoring goals. This is sports the way nature intended: full of fun, friends and the great outdoors. Clever rhymes and charming illustrations bring to life the warm traditions of a day spent at the rink--a perfect children's hockey book for young fans! Review "Ben and Lucy Play Pond Hockey" by Andrew Sherburne, illustrated by Kevin Cannon (Beaver's Pond Press, $17.95): Author Sherburne, who divides his time between Iowa City and the Twin Cities, says he learned to skate under the "dim floodlights of Dunning field" in St. Paul. Illustrator Cannon, who runs the Minneapolis-based cartooning studio Big Time Attic, provided hockey illustrations for the documentary film "Forgotten Miracle: The Story of the 1960 Gold Medal Team," produced by Sherburne. They've put their love for hockey into this story, enhanced by big, colorful illustrations and a minimum of rhyming text: "What fun Ben and Lucy have had at the park,/Now it's time to go home,/the sky's getting dark." A timely book for the months when kids often need to be coaxed to go outside and get some exercise. - --MaryAnn Grossman, Pioneer Press About the Author Andrew Sherburne (author) is a filmmaker who produced the hockey documentaries Pond Hockey and Forgotten Miracle. He currently splits his time between his home in Iowa City, IA and his native Twin Cities. Andrew skates at the local pond with his wife Liz and his daughter Lucy. Tommy Haines (co-creator) is the director of Forgotten Miracle and Pond Hockey a film exploring the culture and kinship of the outdoor game. Tommy grew up skating on the outdoor ice of Minnesota's Iron Range. He lives in Iowa City, IA with his wife Megan and his son Benjamin. Kevin Cannon (illustrator) is a native Minnesotan who spent his childhood either strapped to a drawing table or strapped to a pair of nordic skis. He now runs the successful Minneapolis cartooning studio Big Time Attic, where he has illustrated several nonfiction graphic novels.