New Releases by Brad Herzog

Board Books for Little Sports! Now even the smallest of fans can enjoy a book about their favorite sport. Rhyming riddles accompanied by colorful artwork help introduce the game''s simplest, most basic elements.Brad Herzog lives on California''s Monterey Peninsula with his wife, Amy, and his two sons, Luke and Jesse. As a freelance writer, he has won several awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, including a Grand Gold Medal for best magazine article of the year. Brad has published more than two dozen books, including two memoirs about his travels through small-town America. A graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio, Doug Bowles has been a freelance illustrator for 20 years. In addition to Doug''s illustrations for children, he enjoys working with a wide range of clients in the advertising, corporate and editorial communities. His work has been selected many times in the Society of Illustrators West competition, and he has had several gallery showings. Doug lives in Leawood, Kansas, with his wife and two children.

Board Books for Little Sports! Now even the smallest of fans can enjoy a book about their favorite sport. Rhyming riddles accompanied by colorful artwork help introduce the game''s simplest, most basic elements.Brad Herzog lives on California''s Monterey Peninsula with his wife, Amy, and his two sons, Luke and Jesse. As a freelance writer, he has won several awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, including a Grand Gold Medal for best magazine article of the year. Brad has published more than two dozen books, including two memoirs about his travels through small-town America. A graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio, Doug Bowles has been a freelance illustrator for 20 years. In addition to Doug''s illustrations for children, he enjoys working with a wide range of clients in the advertising, corporate and editorial communities. His work has been selected many times in the Society of Illustrators West competition, and he has had several gallery showings. Doug lives in Leawood, Kansas, with his wife and two children.

Now even the smallest of fans can enjoy a book about their favorite sport. Rhyming riddles accompanied by colorful artwork help introduce the game''s simplest, most basic elements.

Following his H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet, Brad Herzog once again steps to the plate to bring the game of baseball to fans of every age. Using numbers as its backdrop, Full Count: A Baseball Number Book goes behind the batter''s box and into the dugout to explain game basics and showcase historic moments. Starting with the signal for a fastball (1), to the miles-per-hour speed on some of the fastest pitches ever thrown (100+), Full Count counts out the players, the plays, and pulse-stopping moments in America''s favorite sport. Brad Herzog has won several awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. He has published more than two dozen books, including his sports alphabet books, H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet and K is for Kick: A Soccer Alphabet. Brad lives on California''s Monterey Peninsula. Following successful careers as a commercial illustrator and a wildlife artist, Bruce Langton started illustrating children''s books. His books include P is for Putt: A Golf Alphabet and Win One for the Gipper: America''s Football Hero. Bruce lives in Granger, Indiana.

For many sports fans there''s no such thing as too much baseball. In I Spy with My Little Eye: Baseball, readers get double the fun. Brad Herzog (H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet) teams up with photographer David Milne to create a visual puzzle book that challenges the deductive skills and sharp eyes of young readers. Dual look-alike photographs are filled with baseballs, bats, and memorabilia. But one of the scenes in each photo pair has been slightly altered. Can you see the changes? How many can you find? Poetic clues help young fans and seasoned veterans spot the differences. From the number of trophies in the case to the jerseys hanging in a locker room, baseball fans of all ages will enjoy this new way of spying the game! Brad Herzog''s books with Sleeping Bear Press include Full Count: A Baseball Number Book and S is for Save the Planet: A How-to be Green Alphabet. Brad has won several awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He lives on California''s Monterey Peninsula. David Milne is a third-generation photographer in Toronto, Canada. He studied at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. David photographs art for numerous galleries and artists, corporate portraits, and products. David was also the photographer for I Spy with My Little Eye: Hockey.

Five fantastic stories and one non-fiction book from Star Reading. With brilliant parent notes to help you get the most out of every book with your child, all at gold book band level.

A modern-day Odysseus, Herzog plunges into a solo cross-country search for insight. With middle age bearing down on him, he takes stock: How has he measured up to his own youthful aspirations? In contemporary America, what is a life well lived? What is a heroic life?

Each letter of the alphabet introduces a fact about the game of hockey.

LBD G3J NF WORK & PLAY PULLEYS & GEARS

Growing up in Harlem, Althea Gibson was heading down the wrong path until she found her calling. She went on to become the first African American women to be ranked as the number one woman tennis player in the world.

Horacio gets the hiccups and tries various ways to get rid of them.

Addresses the challenges posed by the 10,000 women in California''s prisons & the 12,000 women on parole for the State of California''s vast & underperforming network of health, education, human service, & criminal justice programs. Most of these women have been both victim & offender, & most of them have children. This report follows up on a 2003 report on parole policies by examining the State''s efforts to break the cycle of violence, crime & addiction by female offenders. Contents: Introduction; Changing Lives Through Community Intervention; Background; A Correctional Strategy for Female Offenders; Preparing for Success; A Re-entry Model to Reduce Recidivism; Conclusion; Appendices. Charts & tables.

Who says all the exotic locales are overseas? The author of "States of Mind" travels America and shows readers they don''t need to go far from home to experience the beautiful, the historic, and the bizarre.

Levelled independent readers to build on guided reading succes

"Rigby Rocket" is designed to offer links from guided to independent reading. Each title contains notes specifically for parents/Learning Support Assistants, focusing on key reading skills. The "Gold Level" titles are aimed at children in Year 2.

Rigby Rocket is designed to offer links from guided to independent reading. It is linked to guided reading objectives, allowing children to practise valuable skills following a guided reading session. The titles are levelled to Book Bands for Guided Reading, and provide stories that children are able to read independently. Each title contains reading notes written specifically for parents/Learning Support Assistants. These focus on key reading skills and encourage discussion to improve children''s comprehension. The Gold Level titles are aimed at children in Year 2.

Profiles the lives and careers of such outstanding athletes as Michael Jordan, Martina Navratilova, Willie Mays, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jim Brown, Pelâe, and Babe Ruth.

Joe Gray wishes he could be special--even just for a day. Then he meets Freddy, a tiny man who lives in the Gray family''s refrigerator. Freddy is eager to help Joe make his wish come true. But what actually happens is far more than Joe had bargained for.

Looks at the history of basketball by era, discussing special games, players, and statistics.

Brad Herzog, a disillusioned Generation X-er crosses America in a Winnebago to seek out the states of mind of Americans today. He turns a literal search for places on the map into a figurative examination of places of the heart. He reports on the state of towns and villages, presenting the small town as microcosm and the hamlet as allegory.

This book contains top 10 lists of sports records and amusing facts.

Presents some of the athletes that will gather in Sydney, Australia for the summer games along with a guide to every sport and cool facts and fun stats.

A history of 150 years of baseball trivia including stats, bloopers and amazing stories.