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Super Oscar
By Mark Shulman, Andrea Montejo, Lisa Kopelke, Oscar de la Hoya. 2006
Not without laughter
By Langston Hughes. 1995
Frida
By Jonah Winter, Ana Juan. 2002
Diego
By Jonah Winter, Jeanette Winter. 1991
This story of Diego Rivera, the greatest muralist of Mexico--and of the world--shows how his passion for painting and love…
for his country combined to make a powerful art celebrating the Mexican people. Told in Spanish and English. For grades 2-4. 1991Fief: Suivi d'un entretien avec l'auteur (Littérature)
By David Lopez. 2019
Quelque part entre la banlieue et la campagne, Jonas et ses amis tuent le temps. Ils fument, jouent aux cartes,…
font pousser de l'herbe, et, quand ils sortent, c'est pour constater ce qui les éloigne des autres. Dans cet univers où tout semble voué à la répétition du même, leur fief, c'est le langage, qu'ils ne cessent de mettre en scène, que ce soit Lahuiss interprétant le Candide de Voltaire ou Poto offrant un morceau de rap de son cru. Jonas, qui a grandi avec eux, a ses jardins secrets – une fille qu'il visite de temps en temps – et un avenir possible – la boxe professionnelle. Mais aussi élégant et rapide que soit son jab, il manque de niaque et d'ardeur. Au fil de ce roman écrit au cordeau, une gravité se dégage, une beauté qu'on extirpe du tragique ordinaire à travers une voix neuve, celle de son auteur. « J'ai conçu le livre comme une histoire qu'on raconte. Le fait de tout lire m'a procuré une grande émotion. J'ai apprécié ce travail, je lis vraiment comme j'ai écrit. Cette fluidité qu'il y a dans l'écriture, j'ai réussi à la retrouver dans la voix. En fin de compte, elles sont interdépendantes. » David Lopez – Entretien – Paris, 2018Speed
By Nathan Clement. 2013
Revving up behind a pace car, a competitive group of stock cars takes off with a wave of the green…
flag and engages in an action-packed race filled with squealing tires, bumps, spins, and rushing support crews. For preschool-grade 2Woolgathering
By Patti Smith. 2011
The great receiver
By Elena Yates Eulo. 2008
Sophomore honors student Joey Eastland messes up during football tryouts and becomes the team water boy. But when the coach…
gives him a second chance, Joey is determined to be the best wide-end receiver ever. For junior and senior high readers. 2008The boy who drew birds: a story of John James Audubon / by Jacqueline Davies
By Jacqueline Davies, Melissa Sweet. 2004
Recounts how passionately the young Frenchman who made his home in America loved birds. Describes the numerous drawings and paintings…
he made of birds, their nests, and eggs and reveals the way he determined whether migrating birds return to the same place in the spring. For grades 2-4. 2004They shoot canoes, don't they? (Owlet Book, An)
By Patrick F McManus, Patrick F. McManus. 1982
Tongue-in-cheek tales about a sportsman's life. McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, and the opportunities for disaster, in the recreations of…
camping, hunting, and fishing. Includes amusing accounts of his dog Strange and an incorrigible old woodsman, Rancid Crabtree. 1981Double dutch: a celebration of jump rope, rhyme, and sisterhood
By Veronica Chambers. 2002
History of a two-rope game played by friends on sidewalks in the summer and by athletes in competitions. Author explains…
her personal involvement in this sport, describes various participants and team players, and includes some of the rhymes girls chant while jumping. For grades 4-7. 2002Lust for life
By Irving Stone. 1984
Fictional biography of the passionate and beleaguered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Based on the three volumes of van…
Gogh's letters to his brother, Theo. Basis for an Academy Award-winning movie. 1934Summer of '98: when homers flew, records fell, and baseball reclaimed America
By Mike Lupica. 1999
Sportswriter and his three sons eagerly follow the amazing 1998 baseball season, which included the McGwire-Sosa home run duel, David…
Wells's perfect game, the end of Cal Ripken's streak, and the New York Yankees' world series victory. 1999The camp robber and other stories
By Zane Grey. 1979
Collection of six western short stories. In the title story, a new ranch hand, Wingfield, is accused when the payroll…
is missing. Wingfield follows tracks to a remote cabin to find not only the stolen money but also a missing piece of his lifeBarney Polan's game: A Novel of the 1951 College Basketball Scandals
By Charles Rosen, Charley Rosen. 1998
Hardball: a season in the projects
By Daniel Coyle. 1993
Chicago's Cabrini-Green may be the worst low-rent housing development in the United States. The children have become inured to the…
sounds of gunshots and gang wars. In 1991 two men--one white, one black--with the support of several major corporations, set up a Little League. Coyle follows the First Chicago Near North Kikuyus through a year that sees them make it to the championships, in spite of the daily violence surrounding them. Violence and some strong languageThe complete book of freshwater fishing
By Ken Schultz, Dan Gapen. 1989
The authors are both avid fishermen and have written several articles on fishing. Here they offer information on the many…
species, techniques, and variables a person must be acquainted with for freshwater fishing, and discuss equipment, strategies, and seasons. Species covered include largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye, pike, catfish, rough fish, shad, and othersHow to shit in the woods: an environmentally sound approach to a lost art
By Kathleen Meyer, Meyer. 1989
The author, a long-time outdoorswoman, offers advice on how to relieve oneself when conventional restrooms are unavailable. Meyer explains not…
only how to do it with dignity and comfort, but also with environmental awareness. She includes a chapter especially for womenRashad: Vikes, mikes, and something on the backside
By Peter Bodo, Ahmad Rashad. 1988
Ahmad Rashad, formerly Bobby Moore, was an outstanding high school football player in Tacoma, Washington, and attracted national attention in…
the late 1960s at the University of Oregon. After an unhappy stint with the St. Louis Cardinals, he became an All-Pro wide receiver with the Minnesota Vikings before going into TV sports broadcastingJohn McGraw
By Charles Alexander, Charles C Alexander. 1988
The story of John McGraw, born in 1873, is also the story of baseball's evolution from the rough-and-tumble sport of…
the 1890s to the big business it became after World War I. Fiery, tough McGraw, whose umpire- baiting was legendary, won ten National League pennants in his forty-year career