I received this book from Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.

I have never heard of Ringette, though going by the cover I thought it would be something like (ice) hockey? Either way, I was very curious about this book!

In this one we meet a girl (the one in the middle of the cover) who is going to a Ringette game. She is all ready, big breakfast, big energy, tons of excitement. Since I had absolutely no clue what Ringette, I was excited to finally get to see what it was. Apparently it is a sport with a stick and rings? And you gotta shoot the rings into the goal. The book shows us the game from the start to the finish so we get details on passes, a couple of moves, and how to score. I definitely would love to do this sport, but I guess given I never heard of it, it doesn’t exist in my country. Haha. Either way, I was 100% into the game and I was rooting for the girls! It was just so much fun!

I do think it was a shame that there were no education materials. I would guess they are about Ringette? I would have loved to get more information. I mean, again, the book shows us most of how it works and how a game is played, but I wanted more than that, some real life information. Guess I gotta check Google/Duck Duck Go to get more information.

The illustrations were a lot of fun. I love the colours, and I love how well the illustrator showed the game. It makes things much clearer. Plus, I like that the teams are all pretty diverse.

All in all, I still need to read more about this sport, but this was a fun picture book and I love that the team was all girls! Recommended!