The Giant Who Played Checkers
The Giant Who Played Checkers

Author: Christopher D. Shirley

Publisher: Performance Publishing Group

Published: 2017-04-14

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781946629166

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The story of little boy that befriends a giant and teaches him to play checkers.

The Giant Who Played Checkers
The Giant Who Played Checkers

Author: Christopher Shirley

Publisher: Performance Publishing Group

Published: 2017-04-12

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781946629173

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The story of a little boy who befriends a giant and teaches him to play checkers.

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles

Author: Robert W. Pike

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780806979755

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Universally popular, checkers is one of the world s oldest and most elegantly structured board games and on a high level, it can demand real strategic thought. Put your skill to the test with these puzzles all based on the Standard American game. (Federation rules appear in their entirety.) Each is solvable in no more than six-and-a-half moves, and sometimes, the winner even seems at a serious disadvantage at the start. Quite a few of the solutions list alternative patterns of play. "

Beanstalk
Beanstalk

Author: Ann McCallum

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1570918945

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Jack climbs an enormous beanstalk and encounters a very lonely boy giant, and by using ratios and proportion he makes toys that are the right size for each of them.

Signature Seasons
Signature Seasons

Author: Paul Warburton

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0786457732

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This work recreates for the reader the best of the best, at their best. The author devotes a chapter each to the most memorable season of some of baseball's greatest players: Christy Mathewson (1908), Ty Cobb (1911), Babe Ruth (1921), Rogers Hornsby (1922), George Sisler (1922), Hack Wilson (1930), Jimmie Foxx (1932), Dizzy Dean (1934), Lou Gehrig (1936), Hank Greenberg (1937), Ted Williams (1941), Bob Feller (1946), Stan Musial (1948), Joe DiMaggio (1948) and Jackie Robinson (1949).