Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Fiction    4. General    5. Libraries    6. Reading    7. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Jeff Gordon: Racing's Superstar
Biography of Jeff Gordon, whoexcelled in car racing at a young age and is currentlyconsidered a leader in the sport. His story is one of not quitting, even when the odds are against you.When he ws 4 years old, his stepdad threatened to take away his two wheeler if he could not master riding without training wheels, so he practiced all day and when his stepdad returned, he could ride. Later, when he startted racing, he was underage for many races, so he tried to look older by using eyebrow pencil on his mustache in order to compete.Eventually his family moved to the midwest where there were no age barriers for races, so he could regularly compete. Besides being an excellent racer, he is a positive role model to youth, giving much of his earnings to charities. Includes photographs, glossary, index, and bibliography. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1971-    2. Automobile racing drivers    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - General    5. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    6. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    7. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    8. Children: Grades 2-3    9. Gordon, Jeff,    10. Juvenile literature    11. Sports & Recreation - Motor Sports    12. United States   

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"wonderfully basic collage of Paul Kariya facts and photos"
Expecting a large 8 by 10 inch book of over 100 pages of fantastic verbosity, I received a small, 60 page book with language suitable for a 6 year old. But I thought it was just great! Perfect for new Kariya fans and younger hockey fans. Not recommended for hard-core hockey fanatics, but a definite read for little hockey tykes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1974-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    4. Canada    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Hockey players    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Kariya, Paul,    11. Sports & Recreation - Hockey   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Diving    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Sports & Recreation - General    7. Sports & Recreation - Water Sports   

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LOTS OF FUN WITH THE PEE WEE SCOUTS
I am 7 years old and am in the second grade. I read this book for DEAR Time which means Drop Everything and Read. I liked it alot. I liked Kevin the most. He is the funniest Pee Wee Scout. It only took me 2 days to read.I can't wait to read the next book. I want to get all of the Pee Wee Scoutbooks. Stephen, Waldorf, Maryland Stephen enjoys the Pee Wee Scout books. Iwould highly recommend them to other parents for their children both boysand girls. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Computers    4. Electronic mail systems    5. Fiction    6. General    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    10. Science & Technology - Computers    11. Scouts and scouting    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Christopher, Matt    4. Fiction    5. Gifts    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Money-making projects for chil    8. Moneymaking projects    9. Readers - Chapter Books    10. Soccer    11. Sports & Recreation - General    12. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    13. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Miscellaneous   

Subjects:  1. Afro-Americans    2. Basketball players    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage    5. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    8. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    9. Juvenile literature    10. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    11. United States    12. Biography: general   

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Slam dunk for this book!By Nathan

The Basket Counts
Mel is a black kid who just moved to Hill Crest with his mom, dad and two sisters. Mel is playing baskball for the Hill Crest Titans and everytime he messes up one of his teamates gets on to him. The day after the first game Mel takes him and his sister to the skating rink. They are skating and he sees some of his baskball teamates. After they are skating for a while the power goes out because of a snow storm. After the lights came on they all went home. They played more games and Caskie still is playing unfair so the coach takes him out of the games for awhile. After that they went to skate on the pond and Mels friend fell through the ice and Mel saved him. After that Caskie started being nicer after a while. They played there last couple of games and everyone played fair.

mark's review
I liked this book because it had non-stop basketball and lots of action. I also liked how everyone started to come together as a team in the end of the season and how well they did.
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Subjects:  1. Basketball    2. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Fiction    6. Race relations    7. Social Issues - Prejudice & Racism    8. Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism    9. Sports & Recreation - Basketball   

Subjects:  1. African Americans    2. Baseball players    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - People of Color    5. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    6. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Fiction    4. Hockey    5. Hockey - General    6. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    7. Mystery & Detective - General    8. Mystery and detective stories    9. Sports    10. Sports & Recreation    11. Sports & Recreation - Hockey    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Fiction    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Juvenile Sports    7. Readers - Chapter Books    8. Soccer    9. Sports & Recreation - General    10. Sports & Recreation - Soccer    11. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books   

Subjects:  1. 1963-    2. African Americans    3. Basketball players    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    7. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    8. Jordan, Michael,    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    12. United States    13. Basketball   

Subjects:  1. Amusement parks    2. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Courage    5. Fiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Social Issues - General    8. Talent shows    9. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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olympic dream
I thought this book was an exciting book because in every part of the book there was something happening. I also liked it because it had a lot init about biking and how to get started in biking with out showing it directly. It also showed that if your a kind of lazy person who just sits and watches television all the time that you can get out and do something to make yourself proud like doug did on the book.

Astonishing Olympic Dream
Olympic Dream by Matt Christopher is an extremely amusing, in my opinion.This book takes place in a small town in the U.S., late 1980's.It is about an adolescent boy. Doug, who meets a man, Red, that completely changes his life.They become friends and Red teaches Doug to ride a bike. The reasons I am recommending this book are, that the author was very descriptive on every part including the characters and setting.He went into superb detail about each characters personality.He described the setting which was the town so that you could visualize it as you were reading it.For instance he described the arcade and old wooden shack with 6 arcade machines each costing a quarter to play.He also made this book have a wonderful moral.This book teachers a lesson that stuck in my head and sticks in others heads too.The moral was never give up and never stop trying.Even though he described the book well he didn't describe it enough to make it boring. Some people say that the problem with this book is that there wasn't a main character.That can be exceptional or miserable but in my opinionthat is extraordinary.I think having more than one main character is remarkable because the story isn't focused on one person but on three or four people.This makes the story more absorbing.The three main characters lives all connect.One is the best man in Doug's sisters wedding.Doug is taught to ride a bike by Red (the best man) and they all support each other and it shows different points of view.

READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
This book was fantastic! It really explains how to become a true Olympian. I really encourage people to read this great book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bicycle racing    2. Bicycles and bicycling    3. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Fiction    6. Social Situations - General    7. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    8. Weight control   

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That Mushy Stuff
Once upon a time it was valentines this boy liked this girl and this girl like this boy they was trying to make a valentine card for each other. But it was to messy and gooey. They got in trouble and they didn't care. So they started off dating each other.

another great pee wee scout adventure
We read this chapter book as a fiction read aloud in our homeschool.My son who is 7 really enjoys these books.Try one today and see what you think.

A wonderful valentine's story!
I read this book when I was in fourth grade and I still adore this book. We all had "puppy love" crushes and the petite scouts in this story our not contrary. All the Valentnes send all the delightful PeeWee'sguessing who sent them the heart shaped card. You and your childeren willenjoy yet another of the peewee stories thoroughly! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Holidays & Celebrations - Valentine's Day    5. Love    6. Scouts and scouting    7. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Holidays    5. Practical jokes    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Scouts and scouting    8. Spring    9. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Museums    6. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    7. Mystery and detective stories    8. Readers - Beginner    9. School field trips    10. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Baseball stories    3. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Fiction    6. Self-confidence    7. Social Situations - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance    8. Sports & Recreation - Baseball   

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Children's 4-8    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Readers - Beginner    6. Uncles