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It's time to cheer for the inspiring athletes of the Paralympic
Games! As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympic Games
commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking
place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren't
your typical athletes. They were paralyzed World War II veterans.
The games at Stoke Mandeville were so successful that they would
eventually lead evolve into the Paralympics. Participants from all
around the world vie for the gold medal in a variety of sports,
including archery, basketball, swimming, speed skating, and ice
hockey. Author Gail Herman highlights their achievements, describes
how these athletes train--both mentally and physically--for the
games, and gives the reader a better understanding of what makes
the Paralympic Games one of the world's most viewed sporting
events.
An entertaining biography of the man behind Stuart Little and
Charlotte's Web, two of the best loved children's books of all
time. Learn about E.B. White's exciting life in this new addition
to the #1 New York Times bestselling series! Today, most people
remember E. B. White as the beloved children's book author who gave
us Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, but did you know that most of
his career was spent writing for famous magazines like The New
Yorker? His lifelong dream to write a children's book about a mouse
would take years to get published before it became the classic book
we know and love today. A few years later, White would publish yet
another children's book inspired by a pig he had raised and a
spider whose webs he loved to admire in his barn.
As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a
natural at football, basketball, and, of course, baseball. But
beyond athletic skill, it was his strength of character that
secured his place in sports history. In 1947 Jackie joined the
Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the long-time color barrier in major
league baseball. It was tough being first- not only did "fans" send
hate mail but some of his own teammates refused to accept him. Here
is an inspiring sports biography, with black-and-white
illustrations throughout.
Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend.
He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years
old. His smile alone killed another, and he skinned a bear by
forcing him to run between two trees. Fact or fiction? Find out the
real story of this folk hero, who did love to hunt bears, served as
a congressman for Tennessee, and fought and died at the Alamo.
A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event—the Holocaust.
The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps—six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents just enough information for an elementary-school audience in a readable, well-researched book that covers one of the most horrible times in history.
This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty carefully chosen illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs suitable for young readers.
Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet.
The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that, but who or what is the cause? And why has climate change become a political issue? Are humans at fault? Is this just a natural development? While the vast majority of scientists who study the environment agree that humans play a large part in climate change, there is a counterargument. Author Gail Herman presents both sides of the debate in this fact-based, fair-minded, and well-researched book that looks at the subject from many perspectives, including scientific, social, and political.
Ice hockey fans will pull on their skates and gear up for this Who HQ title about the Stanley Cup Finals--the National Hockey League's championship games.
Out of the thirty-two pro hockey teams that compete, only one can call itself the champion and proudly hoist up the Stanley Cup--the oldest sports trophy in the world! From the formation of the leagues and the crowning of the first championship-winning team, to the Rangers' Stanley Cup curse and the uncertain fate of the teams during the Spanish flu epidemic, this book recounts the highs and lows of this exciting ice hockey series.
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