In this Little Blossom Stories book, a fresh snow beckons Stan and his dad to the sledding hill. Uses decodable text, a repetition of sight words, and vowel sounds to increase readability. Focuses on the phonics skill of decoding consonant blends. Original illustrations help guide readers through the story. Author/Illustrator biography Original artwork Phonetics Teaching guides The Little Blossom Stories series uses curriculum based fiction to get...

Get the Summary of Gracie Gold's Outofshapeworthlessloser in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Outofshapeworthlessloser" by Gracie Gold is a candid memoir that delves into the figure skater's life, both on and off the ice. Gold recounts her early years, marked by a natural inclination for organization and a passion for figure skating that emerged despite trying other sports. She reflects on the familial support and...

In this deeply personal memoir in the vein of Andre Agassi's Open and Megan Rapinoe's One Life, the winningest snowboarder of all time chronicles her career, a story of self-growth that reveals the secret of her resilience and how she overcame crushing early failure to win Olympic gold. On February 16th, 2006, twenty-year old American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis was poised to win the first gold medal in women's snowboardcross, a sport making its...

If you love reading about figure skating, this is the book for you!"A Bibliography of Figure Skating" is quintessential guide to reading about the world's most exciting sport. This fascinating reference book highlights over a century of figure skating literature, including biographies, historical books and periodicals in over a dozen languages.Read about the first Bibliography of Skating, penned during the Victorian era by Frederick William Foster....

Minnesota has more youth, high school, college and pro hockey players than anywhere in the United States. For all that pedigree, and despite fifty years in the NHL, it still waits for a Stanley Cup championship team. This is the improbable, seemingly impossible tale of when the self-professed State of Hockey came closest to that title with the Minnesota North Stars. As war in the Middle East brewed and eventually boiled over, a soap opera played out...

Do you love ice hockey and want to become a team leader? Do you want to learn how to play better and inspire others to do the same? Do you want to discover the secrets of successful ice hockey team leaders?If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you. Ice Hockey Team Leader: How to Play and Become a Leader is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to master the skills and techniques of ice hockey, and develop the qualities...

El socorrismo en un medio acuático se desarrolla en un espacio donde conviven personas, de manera que, como en toda convivencia, surgen problemas de conducta entre usuarios, accidentes, etc. de ahí la importancia de estar preparados para cualquier situación, manejando las técnicas de primeros auxilios a la perfección, así como estar dotados de una formación y habilidades sociales que transmitan seguridad y confianza a cualquier persona necesitada...

Maisie loves pitching for her softball team in Arizona, so she's crushed when she has to move to Minnesota to live with her dad. Upset about the move and her parents' divorce, Maisie isn't thrilled when her dad asks her to join his curling team. She thinks it's a strange sport. But as she learns more about curling-and how much her dad loves it-she begins to have a change of heart. But when its crunch time for the team, will Maisie be able to take...

Colorado has a long, rich ice hockey history. The earliest references date back to January 28, 1893, from an article in the Rocky Mountain Sun . There have been many colorful teams, like the Colorado Rocky team, the Denver Spurs, and the Colorado Flames. On February 22, 1980, ice hockey suddenly vaulted onto the forefront of the American sports scene, due in large part of what is simply known as "the Miracle on Ice." The US men's ice hockey team had...