Last week we took a little tour of Japan, acquainting ourselves with our host country for the 2021 Olympics. This week I’ve got books detailing the jaw-dropping feats of athleticism these games are famous for, as we get ready for …
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women’s history: plenty strong
My final post for this year’s Women’s History Month takes us to the world of sport. If any of you are living where libraries are still open, you can grab these books. For the rest, maybe reading a post that’s …
ten for the barefoot-and-popsicle days
Summer’s here. Days at the beach. Fireflies at dusk. Week-ends at the cabin. Soak it all up with today’s exceptional books. Captain Jack and the Pirates, by Peter Bently, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury first published in Great Britain, 2015; published in …
Black History Month: Athletes
Here’s my last post for Black History Month. It’s been a joy to create these. I hope you’ll read ’em all! Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game, by John Coy, illustrated by Randy DuBurke published in 2015 by …
fiction favorites…Jim Thorpe: Original All-American
Jim Thorpe: Original All-American, by Joseph Bruchac Best of all, though, was another game I had never seen or heard of before. It was called football. I loved it from the first moment I saw it. Football had only come …
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a list of…five faster, higher, stronger books about the Olympic Games!
G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet, by Brad Herzog, illustrated by Doug Bowles Fittingly beginning and ending with the ancient games — A is for Ancient Greece, and Z is for Zeus — this alphabetical survey of all …
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