An elementary introduction to the life, work, and popularity of Kevin Durant, a professional basketball star for the Oklahoma City Thunder known for being a perennial high scorer. This colorful and newly expanded series surveys concert stages, film sets, and athletic venues to introduce six more icons of entertainment and sports. Young readers will meet dynamic wide receiver Calvin Johnson, A-list actress Kristen Stewart, boy-band sensation One Direction, and more, learning where these stars came from, the challenges they’ve overcome, and how they made it to … The Big Time!
A kindergarten-level introduction to stock cars, covering their speed, drivers, role in racing sports, and such defining features as their roll cages. The popular Seedlings series from Creative Education now offers irresistible introductions to six more wild animals and six speedy vehicles. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these newest books touch upon the bodies, behaviors, habitats, and family relationships of living things and the parts, operation, settings, and roles of vehicles. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge!
An elementary introduction to the life, work, and popularity of Calvin Johnson, a professional football star wide receiver for the Detroit Lions who is known as “Megatron.” This colorful and newly expanded series surveys concert stages, film sets, and athletic venues to introduce six more icons of entertainment and sports. Young readers will meet dynamic wide receiver Calvin Johnson, A-list actress Kristen Stewart, boy-band sensation One Direction, and more, learning where these stars came from, the challenges they’ve overcome, and how they made it to … The Big Time!
Using an alphabetical approach, the famous wordsmith Ogden Nash paid entertaining tribute to 24 legends of the diamond, encapsulating each in just 4 clever lines. The masterful mixed-media illustrations of C. F. Payne portray these heroes of summer in their athletic primes in this, the first-ever picture book publication of Nash's classic.
Get the ball rolling with this high-interest introduction to volleyball, the sport known for its courts and high nets. Also included is a biographical story about professional volleyball player Zhu Ting.
Get the ball rolling with this high-interest introduction to soccer, the sport known for its patterned balls and goals. Also included is a biographical story about professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.
Teams of pirates and cowboys, including such figures as Blackbeard and Wild Bill, inject rowdy adventure into America’s pastime in this story about baseball and the imagination of youth.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the self-propelled vehicles known as bicycles, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their wheels and handlebars.
Get the ball rolling with this high-interest introduction to football, the sport known for its goalposts and end zones. Also included is a biographical story about professional football player Tom Brady.
Get the ball rolling with this high-interest introduction to baseball, the sport known for its bats and bases. Also included is a biographical story about professional baseball player Ichiro Suzuki.
Get the ball rolling with this high-interest introduction to basketball, the sport known for its hoops and orange balls. Also included is a biographical story about professional basketball player and coach Becky Hammon.
A biography in rhyme relates the story of Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini.
Get the ball rolling with this high-interest introduction to tennis, the sport known for its low nets and rackets. Also included is a biographical story about professional tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the self-propelled vehicles known as skateboards, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their decks and trucks.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the motorized vehicles known as jet skis, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their throttles and footwells.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the vehicles known as scooters, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their decks and brakes.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the motorized vehicles known as snowmobiles, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their skis and tracks.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the motorized vehicles known as snowmobiles, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their skis and tracks.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the self-propelled vehicles known as bicycles, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their wheels and handlebars.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the self-propelled vehicles known as skateboards, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their decks and trucks.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the motorized vehicles known as jet skis, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their throttles and impellers.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the vehicles known as scooters, covering their purpose, parts, and operation, and such defining features as their decks and brakes.
A basic introduction to the Miami Heat professional basketball team, including its formation in 1988, great players such as Alonzo Mourning, championship, and stars of today.
A brief exploration of what camping guides do on the job, including the equipment they use and the training they need, plus real-life instances of camping guides working in America’s state and national parks.
An elementary introduction to the English soccer team Manchester United, including a brief history since the team’s 1878 founding, its main rivals, notable players, and Champions League titles.
