Hat Tricks Count


Book Description

The companion volume to our bestselling, Blue Spruce Award winner, Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet. Like our alphabet series our counting books are written in a two-tier format with charming poems for young readers and expository text for older readers. Young sports fans see numbers everywhere--the scoreboard, the retired jerseys in the rafters, the numerology of sports stats--and Hat Tricks Count: A Hockey Number Book delivers them faster than an assist from the Great One, number 99 himself. Hat Tricks Count will answer many of the fast paced questions kids have. What is a Hat Trick, anyway? Cross checking, high sticking, and hooking penalties add up to what? Who scored more career goals--Gordie Howe or Wayne Gretzky?




Z is for Zamboni


Book Description

In the mold of our very popular series of state alphabet books, we offer "Z is for Zamboni" to hockey fans young and old across North America. Matt Napier's "breakaway" rhymes and "hard-checking" expository text team up with the "top-shelf" illustrations of Melanie Rose to elucidate this increasingly popular game for every beginning hockey aficionado. Highlighting rules, players, coaches, teams, and the history of the game, it is both fun and educational.




Hat Tricks


Book Description

You're invited to Hattie the rabbit's magic show! A lively, must-have read-aloud for preschooler story times from acclaimed author-illustrator Satoshi Kiramura. Abracadabra, katakurico! Oh, goodness! Out pops a cat from Hattie's magic hat. Can you guess what creature will appear from the magic hat next? Follow along as Hattie the rabbit conjures up a parade of animals from her magic hat in this highly interactive story that's perfect for toddler and preschool story times. Simple, repetitive language along with ample opportunities for prediction and fun magic words add to its engaging qualities. A great pairing for magic-themed activities and animal units.




Counting Your Way Through 1-2-3


Book Description

A comprehensive annotated guide to 663 counting books, divided into ten subject areas. Each section includes a description of the subject area, an annotated bibliography of related books, and a number of activities that can be used in connection with counting and math books. Reproducible activity pages are included in each section.




Hat Tricks


Book Description

Drama / Comedy / 3f, flexible casting /Unit Set HAT TRICKS is an exciting compilation of six scenes and three monologues designed for performance by mature actresses. Covering a range of women's experiences in the second half of life, these nine pieces range from the purely comedic to those that combine humor with thoughtful and sometimes poignant explorations. This is a richly varied collection featuring a single intriguing commonality: Every scene or monologue includes the presence and compel




In a People House


Book Description

When a spunky mouse invites a passing bird to see what's inside a People House, chaos ensues while beginning readers learn the names of 65 common household items—and that people are generally not pleased to find mice and birds in their houses! A super simple, delightfully silly introduction to objects around the home—from none other than Dr. Seuss!




Vagueness


Book Description

Vagueness, volume XX, contains twenty-seven essays, with issues covered including: nihilism, phenomenal sorites, degrees of truth, epistemicism, higher-order vagueness, contextualism, and intuitionism. Written by leading contemporary philosophers, these essays will be of interest to researchers in philosophy of language, philosophical logic, metaphysics and epistemology; as well as those in natural language semantics, artificial intelligence and cognitive science more generally. A substantial introduction written by the editors provides a guide to the topic and to the essays in the volume.




Hat Trick


Book Description

Soren:You know what's not fun? Going on a Fiji vacation with four other couples. Especially when recently single.What's even worse is when a past hook-up arrives unannounced.Not only do we have a history, but he's ten years younger and a famous rock star. Most importantly, he's my friend's little brother.Being trapped on an island with Jet Jackson is going to be sweet torture because all I want is another chance.I just don't think he's going to give it to me.Jet:You know what's not fun? Escaping one guy who broke my heart only to run into another.Being on the road for three years has left me exhausted. The last thing I want is for Caleb 'Soren' Sorensen to try for round two.I can't fight my draw to him. I've never been able to.I'm suddenly back to being the naïve kid who stupidly lusted after a hockey player.All I can think is if I let Soren get close, I'll walk away from this vacation with a double broken heart.




The Cat in the Hat


Book Description

Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.




Little Hockey


Book Description

"Round and black--do you know its name? You need this disk to play the game." Answer: Puck. Now even the smallest of fans can enjoy a book about their favorite sport. Rhyming riddles accompanied by colorful artwork help introduce the game's simplest, most basic elements.