A golfer swings her club. Look at the ball fly! A player gears up to kick a soccer ball soaring toward him. A basketball player's open - here comes the ball! Making connections between images on a page and the real world is an important building block for your baby’s communication skills—and this charming introduction to sports in bold, basic patterns, provides a great high-contrast experience for young developing eyes. As newborns’ vision is not developed enough to recognize colors, the sharp contrast of high-contrast patterns and illustration allows their eyes to differentiate between the images on a page. Sure to grab little ones' attention! Also available: Hello, Baby Animals; Hello, Ocean Friends; and Hello, Garden Bugs. Coming soon: Hello, My World.

The youngest of readers and the sports-loving grown-ups in their lives can now enjoy the world's most popular sports--soccer--before going to bed a winner. After putting on their gear and warming up, the Dolphins are ready for kick off! When the opposing team scores in the first half, a young girl and her teammates take an orange-slice break before getting back out there. This young girl scores the tying goal in the second half just before the final whistle and goes to sleep a winner.

What's going on, zebra? Quack quack, baby duck. Hola, baby owl! Making connections between images on a page and the real world is an important building block for your baby’s communication skills—and this charming introduction to ten baby animals, paired with friendly greetings and bold, basic patterns, provides a great high-contrast experience for young developing eyes. As newborns’ vision is not developed enough to recognize colors, severe black-and-white contrast of patterns and images allow their eyes to differentiate between what they’re seeing. Sure to grab little ones' attention! Also available: Hello, Ocean Friends and Hello, Garden Bugs. Coming soon: Hello, My World.

Currently there are 30 million children participating in individual or group sports - an increase of more than 10 million kids in just the last six years. Not only are more children involved with leagues, teams, and individual sports activities, but children are getting involved earlier than ever before as well. It's not uncommon for a child to begin a competitive sport by the age of 3 or 4. This leads parents of young athletes to ask themselves many questions: What sports are suitable for my child at age 4? Age 6? Age 10? What are common sports injuries for young athletes? And how can I protect my child from injury? What types of stretching and exercises can help keep my child healthy? How young should my child begin weight training? And what precautions should we take? What do I need to know about proper sports nutrition for my child? How can my child enhance his or her performance? In addition, Kids & Sports features information for specific populations: The Young, Female Athlete The Elite Athlete The Non-Athlete as Athlete The Overweight Child The Physically Challenged Child in Sports The Young Athlete With an Eating Disorder Finally, Dr.Small offers information on preventative medicine for the child athlete. Kids and Sports is the essential reference for anyone involved with children and fitness.

First-person accounts by birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children examines how adoption, including open and multiracial adoption, impacts individuals and families, and reveals the frustration, joy, and expectations.

Billionaire romance and curvy romance with the touch of unseen forces.... Return is the third book in the Icy Shots on a Hot Billionaire series. Eric and Selena’s story continues from where it is left, only that this time, things from the far past come into present, threatening her life and their baby’s. Though you’re used to the insane story and the persons they are, more craziness is added as their life gets a touch or more of the paranormal and how they are bonded from previous lives, a fate that was meant to be for their love story, but seasoning it with more dangers, having a series of battles that might put their love and life at steak. Will they prevail and their pure love for each other and their baby’s life will be secured? As a hint of what’s coming upon you with this third book in the series, Angel and Satan are no longer just nicknames… They didn’t know how right they were… But not against each other… For what’s coming their way… Author promises a HEA, though the twists and turns will be as never before… And yes, you’ll have same romance, comedy, action, and all the suit you’ve been used to so far, just added adrenaline…

Why do billions of people around the world love sports? The popular media is increasingly dedicated to the heated rivalries of sports teams, academic institutions are held in its thrall, sports metaphors are commonplace in our language, and most individuals participate in athletics or follow a team sport in some variation. This entertaining and informative book attempts to find out why—by examining sports in all its facets. The authors provide an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises and by which it continues to thrive.