Basketball enjoys worldwide popularity, and kids all over the world love to play it. Basketball for Kids is an illustrated guide with a simple approach to the sport aimed at children and young teens. The book first briefly introduces kids to the sport of basketball, from its origins to present day. From there, they read about the principal rules and basic techniques of the game: shooting, dribbling, passing, and much more. All this tutorial advice is accompanied by humorous and colorful illustrations that will engage the readers. The book also describes popular teams, players, and leagues from over the world.Basketball for Kids is an enjoyable, easy-to-understand guide for kids to help them take their first steps in the game.Alberto Bertolazzi has collaborated with many newspapers and created numerous illustrated books. In 2011, he launched his writing career with the novel Il rugby salverů il mondo (Rugby Will Save the World). He has practiced many types of sports, some at a competitive level, others as an
Die große Liebe, Strand und MeerEin neuer Sommer beginnt für Rory und Isabel mit einer kleinen Neuerung: Rory ist fest mit Connor Rule zusammen und deshalb als Hausgast in den Hamptons. Und genau das bringt Komplikationen mit sich, denn irgendwie scheint Connor ein Problem damit zu haben, dass Rory nicht mehr für seine Familie arbeitet. Isabel dagegen arbeitet zur Überraschung aller als Kellnerin, um einen süßen Typen zu beeindrucken irgendwie muss sie ja über ihre Affäre mit Mike hinwegkommen. Das klappt ganz gut, bis Rory auf Isabels Neuen trifft ... Und Isabel wieder auf Mike.Joanna Philbin wurde in Los Angeles geboren, wuchs aber in New York City auf. Sie studierte an der Brown University sowie an der University of Notre Dame. Heute lebt und schreibt sie in Los Angeles.
Allie Navarro can´t wait to show her best friends the app she built at CodeGirls summer camp. Click´d pairs users based on common interests and sends them on a fun (and occasionally rule-breaking) scavenger hunt to find each other. And it´s a hit. By the second day of school, everyone is talking about Click´d. Watching her app go viral is amazing. Leaderboards are filling up! Everyone´s making new friends. And with all the data Allie is collecting, she has an even better shot at beating her archenemy, Nathan, at the upcoming youth coding competition. But when Allie discovers a glitch that threatens to expose everyone´s secrets, she has to figure out how to make things right, even if that means sharing the computer lab with Nathan. Can Allie fix her app, stop it from doing any more damage, and win back the friends it hurt-all before she steps on stage to present Click´d to the judges? New York Times best-selling author Tamara Ireland Stone combines friendship, coding, and lotsof popcorn in her fun and empoweri
The explosive conclusion to Kendare Blake´s New York Times bestselling Three Dark Crowns series.Three dark sisters rise to fight. Allegiances shift. Bonds break. Secrets surface.Mirabella has returned to the capital, seemingly under a banner of truce.Katharine maintains her rule over Fennbirn - for now - but at huge personal cost.Arsinoe is lost, the responsibility of stopping the ravaging mist heavy on her shoulders.As oldest and youngest circle each other, and Katharine begins to yearn for the closeness that Mirabella and Arsinoe share, the dead queens hiss caution. They whisper that Mirabella is not to be trusted. But even they are drawn to her power . . .The fate of the island lies in the hands of its queens.Five Dark Fates is the epic conclusion to Kendare Blake´s bestselling Three Dark Crowns series.Gorgeous and bloody, tender and violent, elegant, precise, and passionate, above all, completely addicting. Kirkus Reviews, on Three Dark CrownsBlake, KendareKendare Blake is originally from South Korea, but
Frank loves Joy. Joy loves Frank. At least, that´s what they tell their parents... David Yoon´s debut novel is a quirky, authentic, heartbreaking romantic comedy and a refreshingly different take on race, immigrant communities, friendship and family.Frank Li is a high school senior living in Southern California. Frank´s parents emigrated from Korea, and have pretty much one big rule for Frank - he must only date Korean girls.But he´s got strong feelings for a girl in his class, Brit - and she´s not Korean. His friend Joy Song is in the same boat and knows her parents will never accept her Chinese American boyfriend, so they make a pact: they´ll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom.Frank thinks fake-dating is the perfect plan, but it leaves him wondering if he ever really understood love - or himself - at all.Yoon, DavidDavid Yoon is a writer and designer who created the illustrations for the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Everything, Everything. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife,
From the author of TO KILL A KINGDOM comes the first in a spectacular fantasy duology, in a world thriving with black magic.Desperate times call for desperate magic . . .Magic rules the city of Creije Capital and Tavia Syn knows just how many tricks she needs up her sleeve to survive. Selling dark magic on the streets for her kingpin, she keeps clear of other crooks, counting the days until her debt is paid and she can flee her criminal life.But then, one day, with her freedom in sight, Tavia uncovers a sinister plot that threatens to destroy the realm she calls home. Desperate to put an end to her kingpin´s plan, Tavia forms an unlikely alliance with three crooks even more deadly than her:Wesley, the kingpin´s prodigy and most renewed criminal in the realmKaram, an underground fighter with a penchant for killing first and forgetting to ask questionsAnd Saxony, a Crafter in hiding who will stop at nothing to avenge her familyWith the reluctant saviours assembled, they embark on a quest to put an end to the da
The brand-new official Minecraft novel is a journey into the unknown!Max and Alison are proof that differences don´t stand in the way of friendship. Max is always on the lookout for a new adventure-even if it means getting into trouble-while Alison prefers to follow the rules. But both of them are fascinated by the beat-up old journal Max finds and the strange gate its secretive author, the Enchanter, describes: a portal to an otherworldly realm of danger called the Nether.After they use the journal´s instructions to craft the portal, Max and Alison squabble over whether to remain safe in the Overworld or to journey into the Nether to find the Enchanter . . . until a fateful accident makes the decision for them.Trapped in a scary new world, Max and Alison find an ally in Freya, a fierce warrior who has been living in the Nether with her beloved wolf, Bunny Biter. With Freya´s help, and with the clues that lie in the pages of the mysterious journal, Max and Alison embark on a quest to find the Enchanter, even
A gripping YA ghost thriller about a girl who goes missing in the woods, told in the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project, with the addictive suspense of Stranger Things. Kate´s debut novel I Am Still Alive, published in USA, received two starred reviews and John Green tweeted: ´´Oh my God. What a book.´´
Landfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflers, swimming with turtles and feasting on fresh gull. Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition - follow his rules. NEVER COME LOOKING OUTSIDE. NEVER RISE ABOVE THE WALL. But despite the dangers, Landfill longs to see Outside. And some rules are made to be broken.
With over a billion players, soccer is the most widely played sport in the world. The reasons for its success are simple: All that is required to play it is an open space and a ball. Soccer for Kids is an illustrated guide with a simple approach to the sport aimed at children and young teens. A brief introduction includes facts about the history of soccer from its origins to present day. The core of the book covers principal rules and basic techniques of the game: the dribble, pass, and much more. It defines individual and team moves with a focus on tactics (i.e., behavior on the field). Another chapter is about the goalkeeper and the skills required. The tutorial offers advice on how to get into soccer with the help of humorous illustrations. The final chapter is devoted to teams and players that have helped to raise the popularity of soccer worldwide-from Real Madrid to Milan, from Maradona to Messi. Soccer for Kids is an enjoyable, easy-to-understand guide for kids to help them take their first steps in th