Children’s / Teenage general interest: Sports and outdoor recreation
DK Horses Ponies
Book SynopsisThe ultimate visual guide for children passionate about all things equine, covering just about anything and everything horse relatedCalling all horse lovers! This horse book for kids is a one-stop-shop for equine knowledge, from their history, anatomy, breeds, how to care for them, their social significance, and more! Inside the pages of this children’s book about all things equestrian you will find: • Informative features on all the major horse and pony breeds from the enormous Dutch Draught Horse to the tiny Argentine Falabella • Beautiful images of magnificent horses found across the world • Lessons about the usefulness of horses across different cultures from sport, shows, traditions, and celebrations, to transport, police work, and even shrimp-fishing! • Extensive information and step-by-step instructions o
£18.99
DK Pocket Genius Sports
Book SynopsisLearn about over 120 sports from across the world — from mountain biking and water sports to soccer and extreme sports!The exciting sports book introduces children to the most interesting sports, their origins, fun facts about the games or events, the players — and the sports associations that support these incredible displays of human ability.In this sports guide, you’ll find: • Catalog pages featuring individual entries on sports with an image, a caption and bullet-point data. • Additional introductory spreads explaining the gameplay, equipment and rules of a particular sport. • Reference spreads at the end of the book providing further amazing facts. Ever wonder which is the oldest sport? Or how the Olympics came into being? What does a midfielder do in soccer? The answers to all these questions and more can be found in thispo
£6.99
DK Bushcraft Kid
Book SynopsisLearn everything you need to know to survive in the great outdoors! How cool would it be to know how to build a fire, build your own shelter, find your food (and cook it too), and survive almost any environment? Now you can learn all the basic bushcraft skills from expert survivalist Dan Wowak. You’ll learn how to build the perfect fire, how to build all types of shelters, how to navigate your way through all types of terrain, how to forage for food, how to identify all types of plants and animals, and how to live the bushcraft way of life. And the best thing of all? You’ll have an absolute blast doing it! Here's what you'll find inside: • Step-by-step instructions for doing everything in the bush, including fire building, shelter building, navigation, and more • The basics of essential food finding using skills like trapping, fishing, and foraging <
£15.29
DK DK Super Readers PreLevel At the Park
Book SynopsisHelp your child power up their reading skills and learn all about the fun they can have at the park with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress.DK Super Readers Pre-Level: At the Park will introduce kids to what there is to play and see at the park–including riding bicycles, watching ducks, and playing in the playground–and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading. DK Super Readers take children on a journey through the wonderful world of nonfiction: traveling back to the time of dinosaurs, learning more about animals, exploring natural wonders and more, all while developing vital nonfiction reading skills and progressing from first words to reading confidently. The DK Super Readers series can help your child practice reading by:- Covering engaging, motivating, curricul
£12.74
DK DK Super Readers PreLevel At the Park
Book SynopsisHelp your child power up their reading skills and learn all about the fun they can have at the park with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress.DK Super Readers Pre-Level: At the Park will introduce kids to what there is to play and see at the park – including riding bicycles, watching ducks, and playing in the playground – and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading. DK Super Readers take children on a journey through the wonderful world of nonfiction: traveling back to the time of dinosaurs, learning more about animals, exploring natural wonders and more, all while developing vital nonfiction reading skills and progressing from first words to reading confidently. The DK Super Readers series can help your child practice reading by:- Covering engaging, motivating, curr
£5.87
Hachette Children's Group Get Outdoors Skiing
Book SynopsisA perfect introduction to ever-popular outdoor sports.
£10.78
Kingfisher Sports Star in Training
Book SynopsisStep into the running shoes of an athlete!Learn all about athletics, the skills you need to be successful, how to choose the sport that suits you best, the training you have to undergo, and how to be fit and healthy. Have you got what it takes to be an athlete in training?Packed with bitesize information and fun facts about the life of an athlete, Sports Star in Training will tell you all about athletics and the different sports involved, training programs and exercises, how to look after your body, which are the best foods to eat, and what kind of equipment and clothing you will need. Simple tasks will test your skills and reinforce the information you read in the book. Do you know where your Achilles heel is? Can you check your pulse? How do you train and prepare for an important competition? Take a look inside to find out!
£8.54
Kingfisher AMAZING MACHINES SHINY SNOW MACHINES
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£7.34
Workman Publishing Camp Out The Ultimate Kids Guide
Book Synopsis Bear bags, wilderness showers, and telling the temperature by counting the cricket chirps... Whether you''re planning an over night in the backyard or a weekend in the wilderness, this book is packed with stuff to know. The basics, from gearing up to choosing a site to building a tarp tent. Tasty outdoor recipes: Solar Oven Pizza, Chow Down Chili and s'' more''s of course—with 8 variations.Plus: how to keep a Field Journal, exploring the nighttime sky, creepy campfire stories, and when it''s time to go home, leaving no trace. It''s everything you need to pick up and head for the hills.For Ages 7 and up.
£13.29
Workman Publishing Move
Book Synopsis ***A 2016 National Parenting Product Awards (NAPPA) winnerDon’t read this book—play it! Introducing an ingenious way to help kids get the 60 minutes of active play they need each day. Move! is a book that combines imaginative play with movement. Hold it up to your face like a big pair of jaws and ROAR and STOMP like a dinosaur. Hold it by the die-cut handles to swing in a hip-to-hip motion while ROWING like a canoe. Or hold on tight and SPIN like a flying saucer. This inventive format will excite the imaginations of kids and parents alike. Lively rhyming text and colorful, spirited illustrations prompt young readers to perform physical activities utilizing the book’s die-cut holes and handles. Move! is a book that will foster a love for reading and a love for physical activity—a book designed to keep kids healthy, happy, and having fun. Trade Review“Rowdy cardio for kiddos.” – Publishers Weekly
£10.48
Workman Publishing The Book of Wildly Spectacular Sports Science
Book SynopsisWhy does a knuckleball flutter? Why do belly flops hurt so much? Why would a quarterback prefer a deflated football? Here are 54 all-star experiments that demonstrate the scientific principles powering a wide variety of sports and activities—and offer insights that can help you improve your own athletic skills. How does a black belt karate chop her way through a stack of bricks? Use Popsicle sticks to understand why it’s possible and learn the role played by Newton’s second law of motion. Does LeBron James really float through the air on the way to a dunk? Use a tennis ball, a paperback book, and the help of a friend to understand the science of momentum and the real meaning of hang time. Using common household objects, each project includes step-by-step instructions, tips, and a detailed explanation of how and why the experiment worked. It’s a win-win. The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat—it’s all in the science.Trade ReviewAn engaging introduction to the principles of physics using well-chosen examples from the world of sports. For each sport science example, a simple do-it-yourself experiment (demonstration) is outlined which brings the applicable physics theory to life. Young curious readers will enjoy this book. Adults in the NFL head office might benefit from the section on deflated footballs. JOHN URSCHEL, NFL offensive lineman and PhD candidate in mathematics at MIT The chatty tone, clear scientific explanations, and broad range of athletics discussed mean there s something here for just about every kind of sports fan. Publishers Weekly Sports enthusiasts will find it entertaining, and science teachers could use examples to spice up their presentations. Worth the purchase just to learn the most effective angle to skip a stone across a water surface. Kirkus Reviews"
£9.99
Marshall Cavendish Karate Hour
£8.94
Running Press,U.S. Karate Kid
Book Synopsis Gain mindfulness, focus, and inner strength while learning karate moves with a goat kid!A goat kid loves to do karate! And he is sure to inspire young kids to try karate as well. Follow Goat as he goes through the major stances and karate moves, teaching readers to channel focus and strength through each pose. Karate Kid''s simple, measured, and meditative text is complemented by playful yet instructive illustrations by Mark Chambers to teach youngsters how to get involved in karate--and to have fun while doing so, too.
£11.39
Candlewick Press,U.S. Twelve Rounds to Glory The Story of Muhammad Ali
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at Ali’s life through twelve rhyming poems. . . . Collier’s bold pictures . . . are among the best of his illustrious career. — Booklist (starred review)From the moment a fired-up teenager won 1960 Olympic gold to the day when a retired legend, hands shaking from Parkinson’s, returned to raise the Olympic torch, the boxer known as The Greatest waged many a fight. Some were in the ring, against opponents like Sonny Liston and Joe Frazier; others were against societal prejudice and a war he refused to support because of his Islamic faith. The rap-inspired verse weaves and bobs and jabs, while bold collage artwork matches every move, capturing the Louisville loudmouth with the great gift of rhyme who shed the name Cassius Clay to take on the world as Muhammad Ali. Back matter includes a time line.
£12.00
Candlewick Press,U.S. Lets Build a Playground Kaboom Books
Book SynopsisCould you really build a playground in your neighborhood? KaBOOM! Find out how — and how much fun it can be.What’s your dream playground? Grab a piece of paper and let your imagination go wild! That was the first step when two hundred kids and grown-ups in an Indianapolis community got together to build the playground in this book — one of over two thousand that KaBOOM! has helped create. A slide isn’t just a slide, it could be a chute to a time machine. A swing might be Pegasus flying across the galaxy. . . . Weeks of planning precede the construction of a playground that a community feels is truly theirs, a vibrant space to foster both creativity and physical activity. Sprinkled with kid-friendly factual notes, Michael J. Rosen’s lively free verse, together with colorful photographs, capture the enthusiastic teamwork leading up to the final build of a playground in one day — a playground that will welcome kids of all ages well into t
£14.39
Candlewick Press,U.S. Henry Aarons Dream Candlewick Biographies
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£5.99
Candlewick Press,U.S. There Goes Ted Williams Candlewick Biographies
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£12.74
Candlewick Press,U.S. The Hawk of the Castle A Story of Medieval
Book SynopsisGentle verse and sweeping, majestic artwork set imaginations soaring in a handsome and illuminating ode to the ancient art of falconry.Join a young girl and her father, the falconer at a medieval castle, as they experience the joys of taking a goshawk out for a training flight. The girl leads readers through all the preparations and equipment needed for the flight — from the hawk’s hood and bells to the falconer’s gloves — culminating in a dramatic demonstration of the hawk’s hunting skill. Bagram Ibatoulline’s masterful illustrations capture the vivid details and beauty of a day spent hawking, while Danna Smith’s poetic storytelling will make readers long to experience the art and sport of falconry firsthand.
£16.99
Candlewick Press (MA) Peppa Pig and the Camping Trip
Book SynopsisPack up the sleeping bags for a camping trip with Peppa, complete with a camper van full of surprises.Peppa Pig and her brother, George, are very excited. They’re going on vacation! This time Daddy Pig has borrowed a camper van that has its own sink and beds and a roof that lifts up. It also turns into a boat they can take on the river. Even more fun are the nature activities Peppa enjoys with her family, like visiting swimming ducks, spotting wildlife on their walks, building a campfire, and pitching Daddy’s old tent. But best of all are the shooting stars they see in the night sky as they’re falling asleep!
£13.49
Candlewick Press,U.S. Becoming Babe Ruth Candlewick Biographies
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£12.74
Candlewick Press,U.S. A Day for Skating
Book SynopsisIn a sweet rhyming tale, a young child’s first skating adventure on a frozen pond ends with a cozy bedtime story.Tap and step, then slide and turn.Whoops! Fall down.That’s how we learn.On a brisk winter’s day, the frozen pond is crisscrossed by figure skaters, hockey players, new skaters, and old pros, all gliding across the ice. It’s time to bundle up, lace your skates, and give it a try — then head inside for cocoa and snacks when your cheeks grow rosy and your toes are cold. Back at home, warm bedtime rituals make for the end of a perfect day. But when darkness falls at the pond, who will come out to skate?
£14.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Camp ABC
Book SynopsisCamp ABC shows a variety of ways to have fun outdoors while camping. Whether pitching a tent in the middle of a forest or enjoying a full-service RV resort bordering a beach, camping activities will satisfy any child's curiosity. The book is presented in an alphabet format. Simple rhymes and full-page illustrations suggest fun and adventurous activities, from bird watching to hiking and fishing to kayaking. Parents and grandparents can use this colorfully illustrated book to encourage a child's interest in all aspects of nature, including the importance of conserving natural habitats. Here are the first twenty-six ways to have fun camping. After those, the children will find or invent their own. Picture bookages 0-6.
£14.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Surfer Dude
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£12.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd How to Survive on a Desert Island
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£12.59
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada Horseback Riding in Action Sports in Action
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£8.54
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada Skiing in Action Sports in Action
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£8.54
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada Taekwando In Action
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£8.99
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada Fishing in Action Sports in Action
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£8.54
Crabtree Publishing Co,US What is Temperature Weather Closeup
£8.54
Crabtree Publishing Co,US Hiroshima and Nagasaki Crabtree Chrome
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£10.44
Crabtree Publishing Co,US Do Your Bit to be Physically Fit Healthy Habits
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£8.54
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada Pass It Lacrosse Sports Starters
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£7.59
Crabtree Publishing Co,US Supercharged Sports Techno Planet
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£8.54
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada The Powerhouse MX Nations USA Belgium UK
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£8.54
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada Paralympic Sports Events Winter Olympic Sports
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£7.59
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada Renaissance in Europe Renaissance World
£9.89
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada Exploration in the Renaissance
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£10.44
Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada What Do I See My World Series B Looking in My
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£7.59
Crabtree Publishing Co,US Water Changes Bobbie Kalmans Leveled Readers My
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£8.86
Crabtree Publishing Co,US What Is a Food Chain Bobbie Kalmans Leveled
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£8.00
DK DK Readers L4 The Story of Muhammad Ali
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£5.97
Stunt Driving
Book SynopsisThe incredible stunts featured in blockbuster movies and popular TV adventure shows are exciting to watch but extremely hard to pull off. This book takes readers behind the scenes of television shows and films to investigate what it really takes to execute these jaw-dropping stunts.
£22.46
Kristi Yamaguchi Asian Americans of Achievement
Book SynopsisAs a baby, Kristi Yamaguchi had to overcome a foot deformity just to be able to walk normally. The idea of putting on a pair of ice skates, let alone excelling as a world-class figure skater like her hero, Dorothy Hamill, could not have been more than a dream. This is the story of a woman who has exemplified her motto: always dream.
£22.91
Jerry Rice
Book SynopsisRegarded as one of the greatest players in NFL history, Jerry Rice took the league by storm in his rookie season for the San Francisco 49ers. That year, he recorded 49 catches for 927 yards and was named NFC Offensive Rookie of the Year. Throughout his career, he was known for his strong work ethic and excellent performance on and off the field.
£25.46
Chelsea House Publishers Albert Pujols Baseball Superstars
Book SynopsisWidely regarded as one of the best baseball players of our time, slugger Albert Pujols started playing the game on the streets of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. This biography explores this MVP player's record and how he came to be recognized worldwide as one of baseball's true superstars.
£10.92
National Geographic Kids Exploring Caves Journeys into the Earth Imax
Book SynopsisTwo veteran cavers, accompanied by an IMAX film crew, guide children through subterranean adventures in three different kinds of caves: the ice caves of Greenland, underwater caves on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and terrestrial caves in the United States.
£12.99
Penguin Putnam Inc I Am Jackie Robinson
Book SynopsisWe can all be heroes is the message entertainingly told in this New York Times Bestselling picture-book biography series, with this title focusing on groundbreaking baseball player, Jackie Robinson (Cover may vary) Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. But he lived at a time before the Civil Rights Movement, when the rules weren''t fair to African Americans. Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn''t allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie knew that sports were best when everyone, of every color, played together. He became the first Black player in Major League Baseball, and his bravery changed American history and led the way to equality in all sports in America. This friendly, fun biography series inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. One great role model at a time, these books encourage kids to dream big. Included in each book are:
£13.59
Random House Children's Books Mystery at Camp Survival 154 Boxcar Children
Book SynopsisThe Boxcar Children know how much work it takes to live in the wilderness. They also know how much fun it can be! The children love exploring and learning new things at a primitive skills summer camp. But when strange things start happening around the camp, they need to use another of their favorite skillsâmystery solving!
£6.94
