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Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Sports & outdoor recreation > General
Is Formula One icon Lewis Hamilton your ultimate sporting hero?
Regarded as the sport's finest competitor, Hamilton's star profile
has never been higher, with a record-equalling 7 drivers'
championship titles to his name, plus a huge following around the
world. Packed with cool facts, delightfully fun illustrations and
inspirational quotes, this easy-to-read fan guide follows
Hamilton's meteoric rise from a go-Kart racing champion at the age
of 10 to his sensational maiden season in F1 in 2007 and the
subsequent Championship wins that have made him a living legend.
The Sports Superstars series is aimed at building a love of reading
from a young age, with fun cartoons, inspirational stories, a
simple narrative style and a cast of characters chipping in with
quotes, jokes and comments.
Attention all grown-ups! Kids have questions! Now they'll have
answers. Kids of all ages have some important questions about how
their bodies work-and why their parents and other adults have some
strong ideas on what needs to get done every day in order to stay
healthy. Children often hear: "No more screen time!" "Eat your
vegetables!" "You can't have cookies for dinner!" "You need to take
your medicine!" "Wash your hands! With soap!" "It's getting late!
Get ready for bed!!" In this book, Dr. Nina L. Shapiro embarks on
an amazing journey through the body as it gets fed, protected,
exercised, cleaned, energized, and rested. Each chapter provides
kids with age-appropriate explanations and illustrations that
address their very good questions about their bodies and health
with solid (and fun!) science-based answers. By receiving an
in-depth understanding of what it means to be healthy, strong,
clean, rested, and energized, kids will soon be able to make smart
decisions on their own. The human body is incredible, and the
science behind how our bodies work, how the world affects our
bodies, and how our bodies affect the world around us is pretty
cool, too.
This guide gives you a quick, clear understanding of the essential
information you'll need to fly fish Oregon's most outstanding
waters.
You will not waste time. In a few moments, you will know where to
go and how to fly fish. Take this guide along for ready reference,
or use this book to plan your Oregon fly fishing trip. Either way,
you'll have enough information and your fly fishing experience will
be new, fresh and fun!
This is the updated and redesigned version of Harry Teel's Guide to
Fly Fishing in Central & Southeastern Oregon (1993). It was
popular immediately, updated and reprinted five times.
From amazing cloud formations and rainbows to twinkling stars and
planets, become an expert sky explorer with this brilliant guide to
the wonders of the sky, both by day and night. Wherever you are,
whatever the weather, there's always something to see if you look
up! Learn how to tell your cumulonimbus from your contrails, your
stars from your satellites, and much more in the beautifully
illustrated spotter's guides to the sky by day and by night. Find
out what makes the sky blue, the difference between lunar and solar
eclipses and how mirages happen. And even discover how to make a
rainbow, create your own lightning and steer by the stars yourself!
In a handy pocket format with vibrant elastic closer, this book
also includes top spotting tips for your adventures, plus a quiz to
test your expert explorer knowledge.
Get inspired to reach the top of your game with 50 incredible true
stories of sporting legends. Award-winning journalist Rick
Broadbent has interviewed some of the greatest sporting legends of
our time. In this gripping collection of 50 true stories, he shares
the most exciting and jaw-dropping accounts of success, failure,
injury and bravery in sport, which will in turn inspire kids to
find the confidence and resilience they need to reach the top of
their game. An ideal book for any young sports fan who enjoys
reading about their favourite heroes, such as Lionel Messi, Usain
Bolt and Serena Williams.
Build your gymnastics skills with Sports Academy: Gymnastics
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 gymnastics skills you'll need. Full of tips and
illustrations showing key techniques, you'll discover everything -
from training to competing. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up. 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.
8 year-old Obioma is a football star. She uses a special stick to
score goals and never loses a race in her wheelchair! But when she
moves to a new city, she has to go to a new school where she has no
friends, and everyone calls her "the girl with the wheelchair".
Obioma misses playing football most of all, until one day a girl
named Ayana asks her to race. Once they start playing football,
everyone joins in and Obioma finds a new team to play with!
Show jumping, gymnastics, surfing, tennis and swimming are just a
few of the sports featured in this exciting sticker book. Dress the
dolls in outfits for their different sporting events.
Each title in this series explores movements in different imaginary
settings and exercises every part of a child's body. Expressive
movements encourage role play, discussion of feelings and
reflection on the natural world.
For the first time ever Fergus is cycling without Daisy by his side . . can they still be best friends?
Daisy came fifth in the tryouts, so she's the squad's first reserve, and despite training and hanging out as usual, Fergus can sense his best friend isn't herself. There's another mystery too - a rival newspaper keep getting exclusive cycling scoops, and unless the culprit selling secrets can be unmasked, Jambo's job is under threat and the wedding to Fergus's mum might have to be postponed. So who is the snitch?
Out of ideas, Fergus heads to Nevermore to consult his dad - only to find that Princess Lily is also in a spot of bother with some dragons . . .
A heartwarming tale about the power of true friendship and sticking together when times are tough - with added magic and mayhem!
Find out what surfers need to know to have fun and stay safe in the
water in this engaging nonfiction reader! Invite readers to learn
about the history of surfing, surfing culture, what equipment is
needed, and more using vibrant images and informational text in
conjunction with math skills and upper-level features such as
chapter format, a glossary of terms, and an index.
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