Ruth Graves Wakefield

Ruth Graves Wakefield
Author: Sarah Howden
Publisher: Collins Publishers
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781443460286

I Can Read Hockey Stories: Hayley's Journey

I Can Read Hockey Stories: Hayley's Journey
Author: Sarah Howden
Publisher: Collins
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-12-31
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781443457330

“We can do this!” Hayley Wickenheiser calls to her team as they skate out onto the ice. It’s been a long journey to the Olympics, but Hayley has worked hard to get here. From early-morning practices to playing with boys hockey teams during her childhood, from being the youngest player on Team Canada to winning two Olympic gold medals, Hayley knows she can make history again. Ideal for young hockey fans and future stars, this level-1 I Can Read book is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

Girls Think of Everything

Girls Think of Everything
Author: Catherine Thimmesh
Publisher: Clarion Books
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1328772535

Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.

Viola Desmond

Viola Desmond
Author: Sarah Howden
Publisher: Collins Publishers
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781443460255

5-Minute Basketball Stories

5-Minute Basketball Stories
Author: Sarah Howden
Publisher: Collins
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2018-11-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781443457163

5-Minute Basketball Stories is an action-packed collection of twelve tales about today’s superstars, NBA legends, and the best basketball games of all time. From incredible game-winning dunks, to jaw-dropping world records, to edge-of-your-seat comebacks—each story is perfect for reading aloud in five minutes. Ideal for young fans and future stars, 5-Minute Basketball Stories includes: Steph Curry overcoming doubts to score 17 points in five minutes of overtime Kevin Durant setting a Guinness World Record in India along with over 3,000 kids LeBron James clinching the NBA Championship for the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time ever Steve Nash surprising opponents with his fast “seven seconds or less” playing style that changed basketball James Naismith using two peach baskets and a couple ladders to invent the world’s fastest-growing sport Michael Jordan making his legendary “Last Shot” in a must-win game for the Chicago Bulls Candace Parker picking up basketball at age 13 to become the best WNBA player of all time The US Dream Team of the world’s best basketball players learning from a shocking loss to win Olympic Gold in 1992 Plus Yao Ming, Andrew Wiggins and Shaquille O’Neal and more…

5-Minute Stories for Fearless Girls

5-Minute Stories for Fearless Girls
Author: Sarah Howden
Publisher: Collins
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2018-08-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781443455428

Meet smart, fearless and inspiring women from around the world. 5-Minute Stories for Fearless Girls features women who have pursued their dreams, changed our world, and shown everyone what women can do. From aviation pioneers to leading scientists and gold-medal athletes to princesses, these incredible stories are perfect for bedtimes and on the go!

Anthropocene Back Loop

Anthropocene Back Loop
Author: Stephanie Wakefield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-05-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781785420719

We are entering the Anthropocene's back loop, a time of release and collapse, confusion and reorientation, in which not only populations and climates are being upended but also physical and metaphysical grounds. Needed now are forms of experimentation geared toward autonomous modes of living within the back loop's new unsafe operating spaces.