A drawing handbook that teaches the reader not only how to draw baseball scenes, but also how to draw themselves into photographs of actual baseball games.

A drawing handbook that teaches the reader not only how to draw hockey scenes, but also how to draw themselves into photographs of actual hocky games.

"Cousins Nate and Rachel travel back in time to see legendary Olympic events and learn what it takes to prepare for greatness"--

After a fall during her balance beam routine thirteen-year-old Rachel and her cousin use the magical Sports Illustrated magazines in their grandfather's collection to travel back to the 1976 Olympics to observe Nadia Comneci's perfect routines--and incidentally meet their grandfather who is covering the Olympics as a sports reporter.

After he accidentally injures a teammate during relay race practice, thirteen-year-old Nate and his cousin Rachel travel back in time to meet Jesse Owens, and get a chance to see him run in the 1936 Olympics--and almost lose the Sports Illustrated magazine that is their ticket back to the present.

For most of her thirteen years, Ariana Gold has been focused on living up to her mother's legacy as a figure skater, but when her father's money is lost in the stock market two months before the World Junior Championships, it looks like she will not be able to go--so the girls come up with a plan to make enough money to send the team, but a rival's parents try to ensure that their daughter will go in Ariana's place.

Thirteen-year-old Gina has moved to Texas to practice for an upcoming competition with the gymnastic team, and with only a half-day of school and gymnastics to concentrate on she should be doing fine--but somehow she cannot seem to stick her routines, and when she gets home to Pennsylvania she starts to wonder whether she should just quit gymnastics completely.

Hockey: Then to WOW! shows readers how the cool sport has evolved from the early days of its 19th century origins to the game as it is today. Using NHL action photographs, illustrations, stories, and trivia, the book is a journey through time both for hockey fans and those new to the game. Kids will learn how basic equipment has changed from a ball to a puck and how the evolution of game strategy has transformed the sport, players, and equipment....

Jackie Robinson was the first Black player in Major League Baseball. Arthur Ashe was the first Black man to win several pro tennis titles. Readers will learn about these athletes and others who have fought for and spoken out for racial equity in sports and the greater society.