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Great for sports fanatics and reluctant readers, this exciting series takes an entertaining, action-packed look at todayÎs biggest professional athletes from a wide array of sports. Written in a lively, descriptive style full of fascinating details, each title covers the life of one sports champion, including his or her childhood, education, rise to fame, and defining moment in his or her sport. With vivid, colour photographs and career statistics, this series will intrigue readers by focusing o
She shoots. She scores! A basketball swishes through the net, and a football flies through the uprights. But have you ever stopped to think how these things happen? Explore the science behind your favourite sport with simple, clear explanation and dynamic photographs. Young athletes won't be able to stop turning the pages as they learn more about Sports STEM!
In the world of sports, what happens in the game is only ever half the story. This series explores the fascinating lives and accomplishments of the top MVPs in football, basketball, baseball, and other major league sports. Each book gives the full biographical treatment of publicly adored figures, giving particular attention to the pivotal moments in their careers that launched them to MVP status. Each text puts emphasis on the charity work of each of these celebrated athletes, highlighting how
Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times of cultural, social, and political upheaval. The Sports Unite Us series explores the ways sporting events and icons have served to bring disparate people together throughout the years. Each book includes ties to 21st Century themes, as well as infographics, timelines, glossary, and index.
Explore the lives of the world's best and hottest sports superstars. From childhood to the present, find out how they rule their sports, prepare for big events, and help their communities.
Using engaging infographics, Sports Infographics breaks down the STEM concepts behind a range of popular sports. Readers will learn to be strategic to increase basketball scores, dive into the angles behind a perfect crack of the bat, and determine how to make winning guesses based on scoreboards and statistics.
In the face of tyranny, certain heroes of conscience stand out for having adopted a moral stance and taken action despite great risk of imprisonment, physical harm, or even death. The biographies in this series shine a spotlight on civic courage. Each book presents the life of a different subject known for his or her peaceful resistance to political or social oppression, contextualizing the struggle in language accessible to readers at any level. These examples are sure to resonate with today's
From causes and consequences to solutions and more, readers will learn up-to-date information about an important and evolving topic: climate change. A back matter feature encourages kids to take action against climate change.
The human spirit of discovery has always driven explorers to forge unchartered routes to distant territories. Before the discovery of the New World, explorers from Europe, Africa, and Asia brought the culture, politics, and customs of their homes to far-away lands, encouraging trade, the spread of ideas and technology, and cultural interaction and exchange. This spirit of exploration continued with the European discovery and colonization of the Americas. The biographies in this series detail the
This set will engage learners with valuable information on contemporary topics and stress the power of decision-making, argument, and action. In these carefully selected topics, science, social studies, and ELA interdisciplinary issues lend themselves to examination of multiple perspectives, evidence-based arguments, decision-making, and civic action. Readers will learn about the most pressing issues facing our world today. They'll learn they can take an active role in addressing issues and impr