“A great choice for illustrating social-emotional skills, particularly resilience, as well as steps of the STEM process, this lighthearted, entertaining selection is full of kid appeal and is sure to provide inspiration and encourage inventive thinking.”
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Did ancient cave kids reel round rocks? Maybe. Did Ancient Greeks flick discs? Certainly. Were early college kids tossing pie plates for sport? You betcha.
The journey of the Frisbee as we know it is not without its highs and lows. But thanks to Fred Morrison, a kid from California, this homegrown hobby became a worldwide phenomenon.
Illustrated by Adam Gustavson. Charlesbridge Publishing.
Mabel, One and Only
Mabel is the only kid on her block (not counting baby Walter). Usually Mabel can count on the grown-ups for a game or two, but not today. Everyone is busy and Mabel is a little bit lonely . . . until she and her canine sidekick Jack think up idea after idea. There’s super ball bowling and one-footed rollerskating and enough rambunctious fun that even the grown-ups wonder what they’re missing.
Illustrated by the talented Lynne Avril and published by Dial Books for Young Readers.
“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.”
— E.B. White