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Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Sports & outdoor recreation > General
Sports fans: dive in! Join us as we celebrate some spectacular
sports moments in history. There will be surprising statistics and
times when you will be amazed at these numbers - and the stories
behind them! Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME
content, this nonfiction book includes essential text features like
an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing
sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide prompt
students to connect back to the text. The Think Link and Dig Deeper
sections develop students' higher-order thinking skills. The Check
It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for
further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features
complex and rigorous content appropriate for students preparing for
college and career readiness.
Sail a toy ship across the ocean... Build an igloo... Ollie and
Harry Ferguson did it-and you can too! Starting with a list of 500
"adventures", the Scottish brothers set out to live life to its
fullest. They've photographed the sea floor, launched a plastic toy
into space, mummified fish and tracked wild animals; they've gone
magnet fishing and camping, sailed aboard a deep-sea diving vessel,
caught lobsters, made a bathtub in the woods, crossed the ocean in
a toy boat, gone on a meteorite hunt, made a megapult, raised
chickens, built an outdoor shelter, sailed a kite boat, built a
wildlife reserve, went on a mountain hike and have flown trained
falcons. With striking colour photographs and featuring
step-by-step directions for some of the boys' best adventures, this
book provides guidance that will inspire families to marvellous
adventures of their own.
Build your basketball skills with the Sports Academy series.
Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep
fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the
important basketball skills you'll need. Full of skills tips and
illustrations showing key techniques, you'll discover everything -
from offence to defence. The series Sports Academy covers rules,
equipment and major competitions through specially commissioned,
step-by-step illustrations that clearly shows skills and techniques
needed for a sport.
Relive women's footballing history with Brandi Chastain's 1999
World Cup penalty. Slam the ball home with Michael Jordan. Scale
mountain heights with Marielle Goitschel. Flip through the air with
Simone Biles. Take a front-row seat and relive history's greatest
sporting moments as they happened. This richly illustrated book
showcases the defining moment of notable athletes from around the
world in more than twenty sports, making it a treasure trove for
all the family to share.
Discusses issues related to girls' participation in sports and provides information on the rules, equipment, training, and more for eight sports which high school girls are most likely to play.
Fighting with deadly weapons, scaling towering mountains, and
riding angry bulls. Sporting events take on a whole new meaning
when winning and losing is a life or death situation. Get the play
by play of history's most dangerous sports.
You spot a huge deer coming closer to you. You quietly raise your
bow. Do you have what it takes to bring the big animal down? Now is
your chance to learn what you need to know about bowhunting
history, gear, techniques, safety, and more.
Ever wonder how to make a teepee, wigwam or lean-to? What it was
like camping out before insulated sleeping bags? Bernard S. Mason
answers these questions and more in Boy's Book of Camping and Wood
Crafts. Everything from fitting everything you need (and what that
is exactly) in one pack to building shelter and starting your
campfire is explained in great detail and with easy to read
diagrams and drawings.
Major League Baseball's Opening Day, 1951. Nineteen-year-old Mickey
Mantle puts on the New York Yankees' famous white pinstriped
uniform. His stomach roils. Sweat beads his brow. Today is his
first major league game in front of a near-capacity crowd at Yankee
Stadium, and there is one man Mickey doesn't want to disappoint
above all others: his father. "Mickey Mantle: Rookie in Pinstripes"
is the uplifting true story of how a painfully shy teenager from
rural Commerce, Oklahoma, became one of the biggest stars in Major
League Baseball. While he looked to Joe DiMaggio for inspiration
and dreamed of someday playing with that great New York Yankee,
Mickey's true hero was his dad. Raised during the Depression,
Mickey learned how to catch, hit, and field the ball from his
father, Elvin. In high school, Mickey suffered a football injury
that revealed a serious bone disorder. He wondered if he would ever
play baseball again. But with the support and love of his father,
he overcame his affliction and signed with the New York Yankees in
1949. A moving story of Mickey's early years in baseball, from his
difficult rookie season to his triumphant return in 1951, "Mickey
Mantle" portrays the everlasting bond between father and son and
the making of one of baseball's greatest legends.
In the fifth book of the Road to Glory series, Jeremy Daniel shows
us how Caster Semenya developed into a world-class athlete. Growing
up in poverty in Limpopo, Caster's early experiences at school are
marked by many ups and downs: while her friends and family accept
her for who she is, she is constantly bullied for her appearance.
But she discovers soccer and immerses herself in the game – even
making the boys’ team. It is only after she enrols at the
University of Pretoria that her life changes completely. Away from
village life, she impresses on the track and is noticed as a
talent, eventually meeting Coach Daniels in whom she finds a
trainer and mentor. Battling controversy over her gender on the
track and in the media, she nevertheless goes on to win gold at the
2016 Olympics, becoming an ambassador for South Africa.
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