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Narrates a series of wins by the hockey champion who was named NHL's Most Valuable Player every year from 1980 to 1987 and who was dubbed "The Great One."

Winter was only weeks away, and PK couldn't wait for it to arrive, along with the brand new pair of skates his parents had promised. A series of delivery mishaps meets the unmovable will of a young hockey fan in this comical picture book debut from Karl Subban, featuring a little P.K. Subban and the charming art of Maggie Zeng! Hailing from Jamaica, Subban didn't play hockey until he moved to Sudbury, ON, as a child.

Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated and inspired him -- and ultimately saved his life.

Looks at the achievements of several notable hockey players. Hockey history is filled with larger-than-life icons from its early years through the modern game. This title explores the achievements of hockey’s greats, their seemingly unbreakable records, greatest triumphs, and the pioneering efforts of women to grow the sport into a game truly for everyone. The title features exciting stories, engaging photographs, informative sidebars, a glossary,...

"In this high-interest sports novel for young readers, fourteen-year-old Logan Grant hides his badly scarred face behind an old-fashioned goalie mask."--

"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic ice hockey and curling. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's ice sports, including the mixed doubles curling event. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--

Think you know all there is to know about Wayne Gretzky? Well, did you know that: He started playing hockey professionally at age seventeen? He scored at least one goal in each of the first fifty-one games of the 1983–1984 hockey season? He holds the NHL record for most career regular-season assists, with 1,963?Canada native Wayne Gretzky grew up surrounded by hockey. He joined his first hockey team at age six and spent most of his childhood playing...

We get in position, about to start, around us the thumps of every heart-- the hearts on the ice and the ones that came to watch an amazing hockey game. Third in Loris Lesynski's popular sports-verse books, is this new collection all about hockey. In more than 25 bouncy poems, Lesynski's signature humor and style shine through as she captures the joys, thrills, and challenges of one of the most popular sports in North America. As with their previous...

"Put on your bucket, pick up your twig, and put the biscuit in the basket! Learn the lingo of the coolest game on earth in Hockey Talk. Created with Sports Illustrated Kids, this nonfiction book presents the secret language of hockey players. Explore theorigin of these words and phrases-from five-hole to face wash-and discover how collegiate and NHL players use them on and off the ice. With action-packed photos and rapid-fire text, hockey fans will...

Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother--and then his home itself. Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and...