Theme: Sports

R Is for Russia

By Book Importer | Published: September 28, 2011

From Dacha to Winter Palace, from Easter Eggs to Kremlin, here is a photographic alphabet of everything we love best about Russia. The Russian Federation is a vast land of forests and steppes, deserts, rivers, lakes and big cities. Over centuries of splendour, revolution and change, our country has produced some of the greatest scientists, [...]

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People Around the World

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

With more than 70 chunky flaps to explore and engaging scenes of busy people from all over the world, this book is a wonderful first introduction to different cultures and places. From a bustling modern Asian city, to a rural African village, the color and glamour of India’s Bollywood and the green calm of a [...]

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Mexican Whiteboy

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2011

Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.

Descriptors: Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » 2 Comments

Duke’s Olympic Feet

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Duke Kahanamoku was the twentieth century’s top waterman, and is known as the “father of international surfing.” The first Hawaiian to win an Olympic gold medal, Duke represented the United States in the Olympic Games in 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1932, winning gold, silver and bronze medals. Born in 1890, Duke grew up next to [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Hawaii, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Nine O’clock Lullaby

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When it’s 9 P.M. in Brooklyn, it’s 10 P.M. in Puerto Rico, and midnight on the mid–atlantic. Far from the vroom of New York traffic, the Puerto Rican night is filled with conga music, sweet rice, and fruit ice. In India, villagers begin their morning chores as well ropes squeak, buckets splash, and bracelets jangle. [...]

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For Those About To Write: How I Learned To Love Books And Why I Had To Write Them

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Dave Bidini’s quirky personal path to becoming a writer (as well as a well-known rock musician and sports enthusiast) began when he was very young and loved to pick at the typewriter.

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Hand Games

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 19, 2007

A collection of photos, in which hands look like athletics in different types of the sports competitions.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Italy, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed