A young girl celebrates the experience of wearing a burkini for the first time in this lyrical and heartwarming picture book, adapted for audio, that casts a fresh light on timeless summer activities, and celebrates cultural traditions and intergenerational bonds.
Summer is here and Heba is so excited to wear her new, yellow burkini to the community pool for the first time! She can't wait to look like the other mermaid girls in her family and sparkle like the sun.
But when Heba arrives at the pool and her friends start asking her questions about her new special swimsuit, she feels like she's standing out too much. Suddenly her burkini seems like a bad idea.
Luckily Mama helps Heba to find strength in the mermaid girls who came before her. Feeling more connected to the women of her family, Heba is ready to show her friends that she can do all the same things that they can do-handstands, summersaults, and dives off the diving board-even while wearing her yellow burkini.
Middle grade star author Chris Rylander brings his signature sense of humor, a compelling and original baseball story, and tons of heart to the story of the Hurricanes of Weakerville.
All his life, Alex Weakerman has had one passion: baseball. Specifically, the Hurricanes of Weakerville, Iowa—the scrappy independent-league team owned by his Grandpa Ira.
Even as team and the town have fallen on tough times, there's no place Alex would rather be than at the ballpark—a hot dog in one hand, a pencil and scorebook in the other, keeping track of each and every statistic. Alex has never been all that great at playing baseball, but that doesn’t matter. For someone as painfully awkward as Alex, being a fan—and a wiz with baseball stats—is all he needs.
When Grandpa Ira passes away, though, Alex is crushed. He's lost his best friend, and he doesn’t see any way that the team will survive. But Ira, it seems, has one last trick up his sleeve: his will names Alex the new manager of the Hurricanes.
Alex is as excited as he is terrified at the chance to finally put some of his fantasy baseball genius to use. But as he sets to work trying to win over the players, he soon learns that leading them to victory is about more than just stats. Will he be able to save his team, his hometown, and his family legacy?
From the author of The Fourth Stall, a SCBWI Sid Fleischman Humor Award winner and multiple state-award favorite, The Hurricanes of Weakerville is sure to appeal to middle grade readers looking for a funny book about real kids.
Matildas superstar Sam Kerr's incredible story!
It's official! Eleven-year-old Sam Kerr is a fully-fledged soccer tragic! So, when the school's annual Sports Day comes around, she is disappointed when soccer isn't on the list of activities.
Sam goes on a mission to get her beloved game added to the program. With help from her best friends, Indi and Dylan, she petitions her classmates to create the first-ever soccer team in the history of her school. But will Chelsea stir up trouble and ruin everything?
On the home front, Sam and her siblings are organising a surprise party for their parents' wedding anniversary. But things aren't going to plan! And with her team's grand final just around the corner, there's a lot to deal with … even for a soccer superstar in the making!
Manman, Mwen Bezwen Wou Mwen Yo se yon liv timoun ki pale de lè timoun ap aprann monte bisiklèt san wou sipò yo.
Edi se yon timoun ki ta renmen anvi monte bisiklèt li a, men wou sipò yo te disparèt! Papa l te retire yo pou Edi te ka aprann monte bisiklèt san wou sipò yo. Men, Edi te abitye monte bisiklèt ak wou sipò yo, e sa te fè kè l pa t kontan.
Èske n te konnen monte bisiklèt te ka difisil konsa?
Lè Edi fè aksidan ak bisiklèt la epi li tonbe, li te prè pou l bay vag.
Èske Edi ap janm ka aprann monte bisiklèt san wou sipò yo?
Vin wè si monte yon bisiklèt ka vin pi fasil san wou sipò yo!
Liv Jeanne Fortune nan. Manman, Mwen Bezwen Wou Mwen Yo aprann timoun:
· Enpòtans pratik genyen lè w ap aprann yon bagay pou premye fwa.
· Kijan ou sipoze genyen pasyans, epi pou ou pa bay vag lè bagay yo parèt difisil.
· Kijan pou ou repare erè ou yo epi pran leson nan lavi a.
Si pitit ou a te renmen Franklin Rides a Bike (Franklin Ap Monte Bisiklèt) otè Paulette Bourgeois te ekri a, oubyen Dick on a Bike (Dick Sou Yon Bisiklèt) otè David Shannon te ekri a, enbyen, “Manman, Mwen Bezwen Wou Mwen Yo” se yon liv pou pitit w a li.
From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk and Strange Birds, a dazzling novel about a young girl who collects the missing pieces of her origin story from the family of legendary luchadores she's never met.
Twelve-year-old Adela "Addie" Ramírez has a big decision to make when her stepfather proposes adoption. Addie loves Alex, the only father figure she's ever known, but with a new half brother due in a few months and a big school theater performance on her mind, everything suddenly feels like it's moving too fast. She has a million questions, and the first is about the young man in the photo she found hidden away in her mother's things.
Addie's sleuthing takes her to a New Mexico ranch, and her world expands to include the legendary Bravos: Rosie and Pancho, her paternal grandparents and former professional wrestlers; Eva and Maggie, her older identical twin cousins who love to spar in and out of the ring; Uncle Mateo, whose lucha couture and advice are unmatched; and Manny, her biological father, who's in the midst of a career comeback. As luchadores, the Bravos's legacy is strong. But being part of a family is so much harder-it's about showing up, taking off your mask, and working through challenges together.
He was unbeatable. Out in front and unbeatable. It was the most wonderful feeling, and all he wanted to do was keep going.
Raiko is a runner, and he's come a long way since he arrived with his mother from their war-torn homeland.
The memory of his father spurs him on. He runs for his father, and in his mind he even runs with him. He runs for Jay, his best friend and personal trainer. He runs for his mother, and for the small town that has made them both feel so welcome. And he dreams that one day he will run for the country that has become his new home.
A young refugee's tale that will touch your heart.
A compelling story of friendship, family, courage and determination.
« Moi, j'aime pas le foot. Mais Papa adore. Alors tous les dimanches, qu'il pleuve à gros bouillons, ou que la neige couvre le gazon, on part à l'entraînement. »
Lucien déteste le foot, les entraînements, et courir derrière un ballon qui roule tout le temps. Envoyé dans les buts par l'entraîneur dit La Terreur, il fait un arrêt remarquable de la tête par le plus grand des hasards. Son équipe et La Terreur lui prédisent un grand avenir dans le football sauf que, Lucien l'a déjà dit, il n'aime PAS le foot.
A heartfelt novel about a softball-loving girl coming to terms with her parents' humanity after a scandal sends shock waves through her town
Bea's parents think she can accomplish absolutely anything-and she's determined to prove them right. But at the end of seventh grade, on the same day she makes a gutsy play to send her softball team to the league championships and Xander, the boy she likes, makes it clear that he likes her too, a scandal shakes up her world. Bea's dad made a big mistake, taking money that belonged to a client. He's now suspended from practicing law, and another lawyer spread the news online. To make matters worse, that other lawyer is Xander's dad.
Bea doesn't want to be angry with her dad, especially since he feels terrible and is trying to make things right. But she can't face the looks of pity from all her friends, and then she starts missing throws in softball because she's stuck in her own head. The thing she was best at seems to be slipping out of her fingers along with her formerly happy family. She's not sure what's going to be harder-learning to throw again, or forgiving her dad. How can she be the best version of herself when everything she loves is falling apart?
Twelve-year-old Charlie Nebraska wants two things he can’t get: to make the local baseball team and to have life return to the way it was before his father died two years earlier in the Korean War.
When Charlie meets Luther Peale, a stranger who quietly and mysteriously arrives in Charlie’s small Iowa town, the two strike up a friendship. Luther is a former Negro Baseball League player, and he agrees to coach Charlie’s fledgling neighborhood baseball team.
But many of the town’s white residents are suspicious of Luther because of his skin color. And when Charlie inadvertently reveals a secret of Luther’s, violence erupts in the town, and both Luther and Charlie are drawn into serious danger.
Authors Carol Gorman and Ron J. Findley have created two highly memorable, emotionally complex characters in this dramatic story set in the days of the Negro Leagues that illustrates the meanings of friendship, prejudice, and heroism.
¿La sensibilidad se lleva bien con los luchadores?
Desde su debut, el Conde de Terciopelo se ha empeñado en demostrar que no hay luchador más rudo que él. El ring no es un lugar para débiles, el chiste es apabullar a todos para llegar al estrellato. Pero, la verdad, el Conde es de naturaleza sensible, y su carrera podría irse a pique por eso. Lo que pasa es que desde chiquito le enseñaron a aguantarse como los machos y cosas por el estilo.
Últimamente le afecta lo que la gente piense de él, su enemigo acérrimo le hace burla y, para colmo de males, la niña que entrena a su rival ha descubierto su punto débil y está maquinando un malévolo plan contra él.
Acompaña al Enmascarado de Terciopelo y sus amigos en su intento por no perder su encanto personal sin dejar de imponerse en las luchas.
"Told in a voice that is so real it reeks of filched peaches, this book is a home run." —Amy Sarig King, Printz Award–winning author of Dig and The Year We Fell from Space
Sandlot meets Esperanza Rising in this lyrical middle grade novel set in the 1930s about a strong-willed girl who finds her voice in a tale of moxie, peaches, and determination to thrive despite the odds.
When the skies dried up, Gloria thought it was temporary. When the dust storms rolled in, she thought they would pass. But now the bank man's come to take the family farm, and Pa's decided to up and move to California in search of work. They'll pick fruit, he says, until they can save up enough money to buy land of their own again.
There are only three rules at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard:
No stealing product.
No drunkenness or gambling.
And absolutely no organizing.
Well, Gloria Mae Willard isn't about to organize any peaches, no ma'am. She's got more on her mind than that. Like the secret, all-boys baseball team she's desperate to play for, if only they'd give her a chance. Or the way that wages keep going down. The way their company lodgings are dirty and smelly, and everyone seems intent on leaving her out of everything.
But Gloria has never been the type to wait around for permission. If the boys won't let her play, she'll find a way to make them. If the people around her are keeping secrets, then she'll keep a few of her own. And if the boss men at the Santa Ana Holdsten Peach Orchard say she can't organize peaches, then by golly she'll organize a whole ball game.
Matildas superstar Sam Kerr's incredible story!
Sam Kerr has only been playing soccer for a few months after switching from AFL and now her team are playing in the finals! Sam can't believe it! But when her best friend, Dylan, is appointed team captain, Sam is worried that his shyness might get in the way. Together with her other bestie, Indi, they must find a way to help him overcome his nerves.
She is also busy on the home front. New neighbours have moved in next door and Sam has become friends with Jake and his younger brother Will. But strange things start happening. After losing her new water bottle, her soccer boots and then when her dog Penny disappears from the garden, Sam has had enough. It's time to get to the bottom of the mystery while at the same time preparing for her finals match. There is a lot to deal with for the young soccer superstar!
