You+Never+Heard+of+Sandy+Koufax

Written by Jonah Winter Illustrated by Andre Carrilho


 * Descriptive Writing:** Willie Stargell said “Hittin’ a Koufax baseball was like tryin’ to drink coffee with a fork.” Discuss what this means, and talk about whether saying in this way is more effective than just saying it was tough to his a pitch. This is an example of hyperbole, and students can then write a hyperbole for other books they’ve read, or another character, such as “Goldilocks’ eyes were as big as saucers when she saw the three bears.”