The Rookie Bookie
The Rookie Bookie

Author: L. Jon Wertheim

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2014-10-07

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 0316249769

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Using the tips, truths, and stats they explore in their New York Times bestseller Scorecasting, two dads pack super sports savvy and important math and financial concepts into a fun and heartwarming first novel for kids. New kid Mitch Sloan wants to fit in, but his nerdy love of statistics and making money isn't winning him any friends in his sports-loving town--until he finds the perfect way to attain instant popularity. But running a football betting ring at school eventually turns sour, and Mitch loses the only real friend he's made. He'll have to win her back by using his brainpower for good and helping the school football team achieve victory--if they'll listen to the advice of a former bookie!

Scorecasting
Scorecasting

Author: Tobias Moskowitz

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2012-01-17

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0307591808

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In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost. Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships; the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees' tendencies in every sport to "swallow the whistle," and more. Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals: • Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in high-pressure putting situations that you and I are • Why professional teams routinely overvalue draft picks • The myth of momentum or the "hot hand" in sports, and why so many fans, coaches, and broadcasters fervently subscribe to it • Why NFL coaches rarely go for a first down on fourth-down situations--even when their reluctance to do so reduces their chances of winning. In an engaging narrative that takes us from the putting greens of Augusta to the grid iron of a small parochial high school in Arkansas, Scorecasting will forever change how you view the game, whatever your favorite sport might be.

Tough to Tackle
Tough to Tackle

Author: Matt Christopher

Publisher: Norwood House Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1599533596

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Disappointed at first by not being large enough to make quarterback, Boots discovers that there is as much challenge in playing tackle.

4th and Fixed
4th and Fixed

Author: Reggie Rivers

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1402252633

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Fix a Super Bowl? I never thought it possible, but 4th and Fixed is so chock-full of NFL skinny that it sweeps you along from the field to the front office and makes you believe. --Frank Deford

The Doughnut King
The Doughnut King

Author: Jessie Janowitz

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1492655457

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Doesn't everyone love a good baking competition? If you or the kids in your life are into the hit show Nailed It! and if those kids have the entrepreneurial spirit, then this book is for you! When Tris tries to save his doughnut business and town by competing on a cooking show, will he have what it takes to win, or will he lose it all? Tris Levin thought moving from New York City to middle-of-nowhere Petersville meant life would definitely get worse...only it actually got better. But just when things are looking up, problems start rolling in. His doughnut business has a major supply issue. And that's not the worst part, Petersville has its own supply problem—it doesn't have enough people. Folks keep moving away and if they can't get people to stay, Petersville may disappear. Petersville needs to become a tourist destination, and his shop could be a big part of it, if Tris can keep up with demand. There's only one solution: The Belshaw Donut Robot. If Tris can win "Can You Cut It," the cutthroat competitive kids' cooking show, he can get the cash to buy the machine. But even with the whole town training and supporting him, Tris isn't sure he can live with what it takes to takes to win. This sequel to The Doughnut Fix is about growing up, family, change, and as always, doughnuts. Kids with the spirit of an entrepreneur will relate to the ups and downs Tris experiences in this book. Parents and teachers, your middle school kids will love this story!

Hattie and the Fox
Hattie and the Fox

Author: Mem Fox

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 1481479296

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"Hattie the Hen spots the danger--but no none seems to care!"--Pg 4 of cover.

Grant Hill
Grant Hill

Author: Jeff Savage

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780822528937

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A biography of the Duke University basketball star who went on to become co-Rookie of the Year with the Detroit Pistons in the 1994-95 season.

Rookie Yearbook One
Rookie Yearbook One

Author: Tavi Gevinson

Publisher: Razorbill

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781595148261

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Collects articles, interviews, photographic editorials, and illustrations from the first year of the online magazine.

Soon You'll Be Sleeping
Soon You'll Be Sleeping

Author: Haddy Njie

Publisher: Firefly Books

Published: 2020-10

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780228101307

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"A vibrant and truly beautiful picture book... in which nature is personified and can shine in all its magnificence. Aisato and Njie's combined artistic expression calls forth both nature's and life's power and vulnerability, united in something so natural and wondrous as sleep. I am absolutely certain that this both sensual and hypnotic picture book will become a favorite for thousands of children." --Dagsavisen (Norway) Children sleep. Grown-ups sleep. Animals sleep. And the seasons of the year sleep too. Soon You'll Be Sleeping is a goodnight book about nature's seasons as they sleep and awaken, sleep and awaken through the year. Children listening and reading will be lulled by the rhymes and the whimsical pictures of nature's dreamy beauty. Spring sleeps in wintertime, beneath the frozen snow, Among the roots and seeds and tiny things that grow. Spring dreams of bugs and spiders creeping on the grass Of tadpoles swiftly swimming and buds that open fast. Of bees that flit from bloom to bloom, all day without a pause, Of ladybugs and brooks that babble as the cold ice thaws. Spring is up and leaping now, so happy in the sun. The world has come alive, the transformation has begun. Spring wakes up after winter. This is always true. But in the springtime summer sleeps. Soon you'll be sleeping too. Soon You'll Be Sleeping has been lauded by Norway's press for its wonderfully rendered illustrations and the lyrical beauty of the text, which link the memories and experiences of each season. It's a shimmering goodnight book for all sleepyheads.