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Now here’s a book for young Super Mario™ fans! Parents and their children will love this sturdy board book that will allow them to interact with their favorite hero—Mario!Young children and Nintendo fans of all ages will love this sturdy board book featuring their favorite hero, Mario! This interactive book, based on the iconic character from the Super Mario Bros. game series, includes tabs to pull, flaps to lift, and more. Each page offers so much fun that Mario’s hat will come off his head and his eyes will spin!The Hello, Mario! board book is part of the new My Mario™ series , the latest by Nintendo to bring smiles to people’s faces everywhere. Designed to inspire joy and imaginative play. My Mario offers fun ways for young children, parents, and caregivers to explore, imagine, and play side-by-side with characters from the Mushroom Kingdom.

I mittcirkeln stod fyra entusiastiska ishockeyspelare, Atte, Atos, Arni och Emmi, alla nio år gamla, med ögon som glänste av spänning och förväntan. "Hörde ni det?" frågade Atte och tittade runt, hans ögon strålade av upphetsning. "Det var slutsignalen och kallelsen till den stora hockeyturneringen." Atos nickade ivrigt, hans blick automatiskt riktad mot Atte. "Det här är bara början på vårt hockeyäventyr", sa han. Arni och Emmi log lyckligt, de kände Attes inre eld och visste att även om resan mot mästerskapet skulle vara krävande skulle Atte vara lagets hjärta och själ. Puck, Passion och Prestation - Den stora hockeyturneringen tar dig med på en oförglömlig resa genom ishockeyns spännande värld. Denna interaktiva barnbok tar läsarna på en resa fylld med spänning vänskap och inspirerande händelser. Genom att skanna QR-koder som finns i boken får du tillgång till exklusiva händelser och träningstips, som tar din hockeyträning till nya höjder. Puck, Passion och Prestation är en bok som inte bara underhåller utan också inspirerar barn att följa sina drömmar och kämpa för att nå sina mål. Förutom den spännande hockeyberättelsen hittar du i boken Attes träningstips, för spelare som vill utvecklas och uppnå sina egna drömmar på isen, genom att träna hockey hemma! Oavsett om du är en erfaren hockeyspelare eller nybörjare på isen, kommer denna berättelse att få ditt hjärta att klappa för ishockeyn och inspirera dig att sträva efter mästerskapet både på och utanför isen.

Lyktorna stiger mot skyn fyllda av varm luft. Det sägs att om en önskning skrivs på en papperslapp och skickas upp tillsammans med lyktan, så går den i uppfyllelse. Två vänner från grannskapet håller passionerat på ett fotbollslag, som för första gången någonsin lyckats nå semifinalen i mästerskapen. För att uppfylla drömmen om att se sitt lag bli mästare, sätter pojkarna sitt hopp till en svävande lykta. En berättelse om fotboll, vänskap och magi. Laura Santullos bok, Den svävande lyktan, representerar Uruguay i projektet Läsning utan gränser, Författarcentrum Västs internationella samarbete mellan Västsverige, Uruguay och Sydkorea. Se Övrig information för att läsa mer om projektet Läsning utan gränser.

#1 New York Times BestsellerA People Kid Pick of the weekFrom the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award–winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes this radically original portrait of five young basketball players, one enlightening coach, and the awesome transformative power of the game. Filled with insights about the mental stamina and emotional clarity that peak performance requires, this is an indispensable story for young athletes, coaches, educators, and anyone interested in the astonishing potential of team sports to unlock individual growth.THE GAME WILL NEVER BE THE SAMEMagic doesn’t seem possible for the West Bottom Badgers. They’re the lowest-ranked basketball team in their league, and they live in the poorest neighborhood in Dren. Nobody expects them to succeed at anything. Plus, every kid on the team has secret struggles of his own.When a new coach named Professor Wizenard arrives on the first day of training camp, the Badgers can’t explain the magical-seeming things they see and hear. Every player experiences unique and strange visions—visions that challenge everything they thought they knew about basketball, and about their lives and their secrets off the court. To survive the increasingly intense ordeals of training, the Badgers will need to take unimaginable risks, learn to trust their teammates, and confront the darkness within themselves.

When their school bans football in the playground, a group of friends come up with a top secret solution in this uplifting tale from one of the UK's top writers of sports fiction for children. Lily, Zack and Khal can't believe it when the new headmaster at their school bans football in the playground. What are a gang of football-mad kids meant to do at break-time now? Then Zack has a brilliant plan and a very secret football club is formed…

Fotboll - kunskap för alla!Spektakulära mål, de bästa spelarna i världen och raffinerade finter är en del av vad denna spännande faktabok bjuder på. Med över 160 imponerande foton och illustrationer åskådliggörs fotbollsregler, hur turneringar går till eller hur en spelare utvecklas från amatör till proffs. Boken är lämplig från åtta år, en del av frågorna som man hittar svar på är:- Vilken fotbollsnation har rekord i VM-titlar?- Hur fungerar 4-4-2 systemet?- Vilka är framtidens fotbollsstjärnor?

Victorian tennis star Lottie Dod leads the way to sporting victory in this inspiring Little Gem from bestselling author Katherine Woodfine. “Girls can’t play tennis as well as boys? What a lot of NONSENSE!” Lottie Dod is DETERMINED to show that girls can be just as good as sports as boys. She runs and jumps and leaps after the ball – playing tennis makes Lottie feel WONDERFUL. After beating her brothers, she eventually goes on to reach the finals of the most important tennis competition of them all – WIMBLEDON! Can she continue her winning streak to become the world’s first female sports SUPERSTAR? NEVER underestimate what girls can do!

Join the Girls FC as they show the world what it really means to play "like a girl"!“My name is Megan Fawcett and this is the story of how I set up the best football team in the world. Get ready for kick-off!” Nine-year-old Megan Fawcett loves football and is desperate to be on her school team. She tries everything to get the coach to notice her (even wearing a tiara!), but nothing seems to do the trick. Then Megan has her big brainwave: she could start her own team. An all-girls team! Now she just needs a pitch, a coach – oh, and ten other players… This is the first in a series of fun, topical early readers; join the Girls FC as they take the world by storm!"This book makes football a fun activity that isn’t just for boys and I hope reading the series will encourage more girls to get involved in sport from an early age." – Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

Kids who love video games will love this new 5-book series about 12-year old Jesse Rigsby and the wild adventures he encounters getting sucked into different video games.Jesse Rigsby doesn't even like video games, yet here he is trapped in the video game Full Blast. His dumb friend Eric probably has something to do with this, but Jesse doesn't have time to worry about that now because he's got a blaster stuck to his arm, a man-sized praying mantis thing chasing him and . . . it that the Statue of Liberty taking off like a rocket ship? Something weird is going on, and Jesse had better figure out what it is fast, because he's about to be trapped in the game for good!

Even bugs can be heroes! Join the Bug Buddies on bug-tastic adventures, as they pit their wits against the dreaded spider Spinner, creepiest of all creepy crawlies…Spinner's Wood is full of sticky mud, tall trees and long grass. But most of all, it's full of bugs!Meet the Bug Buddies – four best friends called Zap, Buzz, Lurch and Crunch. Their life would be perfect if it weren't for Spinner, who has eight legs and one mission: to trap the whole wood in his evil web. But even bugs can be heroes…It’s the Beetle Ball final and the Bug Buddies face the mighty Centipede United. But who’s lurking on the sidelines? Could it be Spinner?

A delightful tale of victory against all odds from master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo, lavishly illustrated by Michael Foreman.“Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan… And we all have an impossible dream.”In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football – all foxes do. But their favourite team keeps losing and losing, and it seems like things will never look up.That is, until Daddy Fox finds the ghost of a king, buried underneath a car park. A king who wishes only to be free.“Release me,” says the Ghost King, “and I can do anything. Just tell me your greatest wish.”For these football-loving foxes, might everything be about to change…?

It’s Jack’s first day at Glendale School. He’s a star goalie, so why isn’t he happy when he’s asked to join the team? Themes of family and friendship are explored in this exciting tale of school football.Text type – A story with a familiar setting.The storyboard on pp 22-23 offers children the opportunity to recap and retell the story in their own words.

Inspire a love of reading with stories that are written from a child’s perspective and will encourage children to discover the world around them. With audio and activities, Peapod Readers are the perfect start to a child’s journey into learning English.How do you play badminton?Includes: Before and after reading activitiesPicture dictionaryExam practice for Cambridge Pre A1 Starters, working towards A1 MoversReading guide online

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1–6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.The Zigzag Team love to skateboard, but who are their mysterious top skaters? Find out the secret in this fast-paced story!This Big Book version of Zip and Zigzag is a large book (499 x 510 mm) designed for use in a reading session with a group of children and includes shared reading activities.Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story developmentThe focus sounds in this book are: /j/ /v/ /z/ /qu/ /th/ /nk/Pages 14 and 15 contain a fun “I Spy” Letters and Sounds activity, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.Ruby adores playing football, but it’s 1921 and the Football Association has decided that football isn’t suitable for girls – and Ruby’s father is in complete agreement. Can Ruby’s ingenious solution save the day?Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

If you enjoyed A Minecraft Movie, you’ll love this book! Emmy and Birch go on an adventure to explore a woodland mansion in this Young Reader book and the only official levelled reader series based on Minecraft, the world's best-selling video game! Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time! And now learning to read has never been more fun for fans ages 4 to 7.This time Emmy and Birch – and their tame wolf Byte – set out on an epic adventure to explore a dark Minecraft mansion!Look for these other great Minecraft titles:• Mobs in the Overworld! (Minecraft) 9780755500444• Survival Mode! (Minecraft) 9780755500451• Escape From the Nether (Minecraft) 9780755500468• The Sky’s the Limit! (Minecraft) 9780008495978

Yay! It’s match day! Come on a fast-paced football adventure – while practising counting from one to ten. Grab your kit, do your warm ups and get ready for the most exciting football match of the season! One little footballer With an eager football dream. Naomi is the captain … But where are all her team? Are you ready? The big match is about to begin! Lace your boots, sing the team song – and count the players on every page. Who will score a goal? Who will lift the trophy? And is that a dog on the pitch?!A fun-filled football adventure for all the family – perfect for fans of Sammy Striker and the Ten Littles series! Why we love Eleven Little Footballers: Pitch-perfect rhyme and bright, fun-filled illustrations Supports counting and numeracy Perfect for young football fans – packed with detail to spot

If you enjoyed A Minecraft Movie, you’ll love this series! Things may be heating up in the Nether, but at school, things have taken a cold turn! FIRST THE SCHOOL GETS TOO COLD! THEN IT GETS WAY TOO HOT! WHAT IN MINECRAFT IS GOING ON?! Meanwhile, Eek has gone missing, having chased a mysterious player through the Overworld. If they’re to get to the End in time, they need to find him and obtain blaze rods from the Nether pronto. Can Harper come up with a plan to help her friends and fix the school before it’s too late? The Ironsword Academy is the third series of official Minecraft chapter books that are perfect for readers 6 to 9 and Minecraft fans of all ages!

If you enjoyed A Minecraft Movie, you’ll love this book! Emmy, Birch and Byte are on another Minecraft adventure! Explore the Overworld and beyond in this Young Reader book, the only official levelled reader series based on Minecraft, the world's best-selling video game! This time, Emmy, Birch and Byte find themselves trapped deep underground. The friends must brew rare ingredients into powerful potions to survive the dark!Look out for more exciting adventures with Emmy, Birch and Byte: Minecraft Young Readers: The Sky’s the Limit! 978 0008495978Minecraft Young Readers: Survival Mode 978 0755500451Minecraft Young Readers: Escape from the Nether! 978 0755500468

Three favourite stories of Paddington, the beloved classic bear from Darkest Peru, brought together in one volume. Paddington is now a major movie star!This special edition brings together three favourite classic adventures – Paddington Goes to Hospital, Paddington at the Circus and Paddington Goes for Gold – and as usual, there is never a dull moment when a certain bear is around!

The kingdom has been breached. Beware The Griefer! With middle school starting, Lam Đặng is officially ready for a change. He loves to play Minecraft, embarking on epic builds with his crew—Jazz, Elias, and Britt—in their beloved shared world, the Kingdom of the Killer Bunnies. But Lam also wants to try new things and meet new people. So maybe going into sixth grade with a little distance from his old friends wouldn’t be such a bad thing… .Lam’s plans change, though, when mysterious letters show up in the gang’s lockers. Someone calling themselves The Griefer is threatening to destroy everything the Killer Bunnies worked so hard to build in the Overworld, from their magnificent castle to the surrounding village. If they don’t play The Griefer’s twisted game, everything will be lost. Lam may be ready for something new, but he’s not prepared to give up the old just yet.Following clues in both the real world and the Overworld, Lam and his friends race to beat The Griefer and save their kingdom, all while trying to puzzle out the identity of their new enemy. Who could do this to them? And, more important, can The Griefer be stopped before it’s too late?

Explore the Overworld and beyond in this Young Reader book, the only official levelled reader series based on Minecraft, the world's best-selling video game! Emmy, Birch and Byte (their tame wolf) are on another action-packed adventure! This time, they’re on a search for the rare snowy wolf mob. Can they find Byte a new friend?Look out for more exciting adventures with Emmy, Birch and Byte: Minecraft Young Readers: The Sky’s the Limit! 978 0008495978Minecraft Young Readers: Survival Mode 978 0755500451Minecraft Young Readers: Escape from the Nether! 978 0755500468Minecraft Young Readers: Trouble Brewing 978 0008682217

From U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera comes the powerful journey of Chicano teen Lucky Z. A former skateboarder who's anything but lucky, he finds triumph and power through his voice. Raw, cool, real-this novel in verse is a shout-out to teens to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, to raise their voice and find strength in the sheer and simple power of expression. Lucky Z has always lived on the edge-he loved to skateboard, to drag race, to feel alive. But things have taken a turn-he's living with new foster parents and a tragic past. An accident changed everything. And only his voice will set him free. As you feel Lucky breathe in life again, you will want to shout out with him.