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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Sporting Stories
In a rhythmic celebration of sport and play, four-time Grand Slam
champion and tennis superstar Naomi Osaka shares key steps to
becoming a true champ, including being kind, working as a team,
doing your best, and most importantly, having fun. At Play Academy,
We love to move. That’s why we play. We are champs and we play
all day! Inspired by Osaka’s game-changing program Play Academy,
which instills confidence in and provides resources to young girls
through sports, The Way Champs Play is an exciting and inspiring
anthem for all kids in and out of the classroom who want to PLAY
ALL DAY! Use this book to: Discuss different types of sports. Talk
with children about good sports(wo)manship. Encourage kids to
engage in sport and play for their overall health and happiness.
And more!
In the sixth book in the New York Times bestselling middle grade
series inspired by the life of iconic New York Yankee Derek Jeter,
young Derek bites off more than he can chew when he decides to
enter the school talent show and try out for the basketball team.
Between promising Vijay that he'll compete in the school talent
show and promising Dave that he'll try out for the basketball team,
Derek Jeter has a lot he's trying to juggle. A commitment is a
commitment, and Derek is determined to work hard and try his best,
but he worries he might be in over his head and fears he's going to
let his friends or himself down. How can Derek do it all? Inspired
by Derek Jeter's childhood, Fast Break is the sixth book in Jeter
Publishing's New York Times bestselling middle grade baseball
series that focuses on key life lessons from Derek Jeter's Turn 2
Foundation.
A bag of chips. That's all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad's pleadings that he's stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad's every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the pavement?
There were witnesses: Quinn - a varsity basketball player and Rashad's classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan - and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his saviour could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team - half of whom are Rashad's best friends - start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before.
Take kids out to their very first hockey game in this adorable
storybook for our youngest fans! The goalkeeper reaches and thinks
he has it. But the puck goes in, He didn't catch it! SCOOOOOOORE!
This fun, informative, and action-packed illustrated sports book
for toddlers features the game of the year: the Penguins vs. the
Otters! Each spread introduces hockey terms, gear, players, and
referees within the context of the story of a 3-period game between
all-animal teams. Read along as the two teams face off, flick the
puck across the ice, check each other (safely!) and even get
penalties. Who's going to win? It will all be decided by a
last-minute power play!
An 8x8 based on an episode of Llama Llama's animated Netflix series all about one of the most fun activities for little llamas (and kids): camping!
Look out, world--Llama Llama is a TV star! The beloved character, made famous by Anna Dewdney's best-selling picture books, is the star of his own original series, now airing on Netflix. In this episode-based 8x8, Llama Llama goes camping for the very first time and learns a valuable lesson: what seems scary can actually be super-duper FUN! Your little llamas will love relating to their favorite picture book character as he faces new and challenging situations.
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Goldfish
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R286
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Ballin' for Natalie is a thought-provoking story filled with
real-life issues that teenagers deal with every day. With more than
potential to be heavily recruited by the top high schools and
colleges to play basketball, gutsy Natalie has her eyes on the
prize and is determined to one day go pro. Basketball provides a
way out of her present situation of living in the Marcy Projects
with her grandmother. But like most of us she harbors a family
secret that mocks all that she aspires to become. And when that
secret comes knocking, Natalie has to decide if the life she saves
will be her own.
Book 6 in a series of heart-warming pony tales packed with expert
advice from three-times Olympic Medallist and Grand Slam winner,
Pippa Funnell, on everything you ever wanted to know about horses.
Tilly's riding has improved by the day and now she's ready for her
first Pony Club competition, riding Rosie. She's nervous, and so is
Brook who is competing with his horse, Solo. He's lost his lucky
talisman, but the huge surprise that he and Tilly uncover makes up
for everything. Collect all 18 titles in this series of
irresistible, uplifting pony adventures, packed with expert,
up-to-date advice from the author as well as a helpful glossary and
black and white illustrations. For 8+
Cheer on Noah and his team in Kieran Crowley's The Mighty Dynamo.
Filled with footy, fun and friendship, it's an hilarious story
perfect for young football fans. Noah longs to be a professional
footballer - and playing in the Schools' World Cup qualifiers might
be just what he needs to get scouted. But when he's banned from his
school team for something he didn't do, all his dreams are in
doubt. Determined to live up to his Mighty Dynamo nickname, Noah
must find his own way to enter the contest - no matter what it
takes! With best friend Stevie on tactics, and the skills of some
unlikely new teammates, he's soon ready to take on the world - just
as long as no one plays foul . . .
Vroom! George rides in a racecar in this amazing storybook with a sheet of stickers. Based on the hit show airing on Nick Jr.
Peppa and George are inside watching television on a sunny day when Granny Pig sends them outside to play. Grandpa Pig builds George his very own racecar, and Peppa and George soon discover that real-life racing is better than watching it on television!Based on the hit show on Nick Jr. Includes a sheet of stickers and a special sheet about teaching children to be supportive.
Join Girls FC as they show the world what it really means to play
"like a girl"! "My name's Lucy Skidmore and I love football. But my
brother Harry has been awful since our parents split up - and now
he's even getting in the way of football practice..." The under
eleven girls' football league is well underway and Lucy Skidmore is
her team's best defender. But since her parents' divorce, her
brother Harry is acting out. Lucy overcompensates by trying to
please both parents all the time; but with a dad living miles away,
a mum stressed out and a sulky brother to contend with, she's
feeling the pressure. This is the third in a twelve-book series
about women's football, with each charmingly-written book focusing
on a different member of the football team and a different issue -
all building up to the final book, which explores the future of the
team as the original Girls FC moves on to secondary school. "This
book ... will encourage girls to get involved in sport from an
early age." -Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson on Girls FC 1
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Gordon Korman
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When Marcus moves to a new town in the dead of summer, he
doesn't know a soul. While practicing football for impending
tryouts, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with an older man.
Charlie is a charismatic prankster--and the best football player
Marcus has ever seen. He can't believe his good luck when he finds
out that Charlie is actually Charlie Popovich, or "the King of
Pop," as he had been nicknamed during his career as an NFL
linebacker. But that's not all. There is a secret about Charlie
that his own family is desperate to hide.
When Marcus begins school, he meets the starting quarterback on
the team: Troy Popovich. Right from the beginning, Marcus and Troy
disagree--about football, about Troy's ex-girlfriend, Alyssa, but
most of all, about what's good for Charlie. Marcus is betting that
he knows what's best for the King of Pop. And he is willing to risk
everything to help his friend.
Joe Stoshack lives for baseball. He knows everything there is to know about the game -- except how to play well. His specialty is striking out. Stosh feels like a real loser, and when he takes a low-paying job cleaning a bunch of junk out of his neighbor's attic, he feels even worse -- until he comes across a little piece of cardboard that takes his breath away. His heart is racing. His brain is racing. He can hardly believe his eyes. Stosh has stumbled upon a T-206 Honus Wagner -- the most valuable baseball card in the world! And he's about to find out that it's worth a lot more than money....
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