Poppy Or the Snake?


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Who's got game? An old man who knows how to pay attention or a snake who can trick anyone into trusting a false promise? In the Morrisons' version of this timeless fable, the moral ending is revitalized with a clever new spin.




Who's Got Game?


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Three popular tales from Toni and Slade Morrison, Poppy or the Snake? The Lion or the Mouse? and The Ant or the Grasshopper? in one volume. Told with vibrant language and rich in rhythm, these are truly empowering and inspiring tales. Pascal's Lemaitre's ingenious illustrations add sophistication to the Morrison's wry and defiantly ambiguous text, making the Who's Got Game? series a favourite among both adults and children. In these tales anything can happen...and quite often does!




Girl Got Game Volume 8


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So she can play on a major boy's basketball team, Kyo Aizawa's father makes her pose as a boy.




Amigas: She's Got Game


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Amigas have definitely arrived. Fresh out of the spotlight of their first television experience, the team is back and stronger than ever. But the heat is always on in Miami and when they get hired to do an unusual quince for a bratty debutante, the temperature goes sky high.




Smarty Marty's Got Game


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Mikey thinks baseball is boring until he attends a game with his sister who explains the strategy, positions, and rules of the game.




Still Got Game


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Still Got Game is the extraordinary debut release from former professional basketball player, Carlton Moto Greene. This is the true story of a rising stars exceptional skills and self-sabotage. The NBA legend-in-the-making, recruited by the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks, paid a high emotional cost after witnessing a doublemurder at age 17. What unfolds is both heartbreaking and inspiring. Self-admitted stubbornness, silence and unchecked fear plunged this gifted athlete into homelessness for nearly five years, sleeping on the trains and living on the streets of New York City. Greene courageously lays his life bare as an example of how anyone can find themselves living beneath their potential. But, there is redemption and new possibilities as Greene pivots and transforms his many blocked shots into a winning season.




The Ant or the Grasshopper?


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"How can you say I never worked a day?ART is WORK.It just looks like play"So says Foxy G to his buddy Kid A, in Toni and Slade Morrison's sassy, sly tale of friendship, betrayal, and survival -- or not.Generation after generation, classic fables, folklore, and myth remain popular because they quicken the imagination of readers and listerners of all ages.We, the creators ofWho's Got Game'were inspired by the wonder of Aesop's Fables -- their vitality, their endless demand for more interpretations. In our versions the original stories are opened up and their moralisitic endings reimagined; the victim might not lose; the timid gets a chance to become strong; the fool can gain insight; the powerful may lose their grip. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. More than a play on these beloved fables,Who's Got Game'is AESOP LIVE!




Girls Got Game


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A collection of short stories and poems written by and about young women in sports.




Libraries Got Game


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A much-talked-about topic gets thorough consideration from two educator-librarians, who explain exactly how designer board gameswhich are worlds apart from games produced strictly for the educational market can become curricular staples for students young and old.




Women in Lacrosse


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Introduces readers to the development of women’s lacrosse, as well as the sport’s star players from past to present. Colorful spreads, fascinating sidebars, and athlete bios make this a thrilling read for young sports fans.