winter sports

An introduction to the sport of snowboarding that covers equipment, the different styles, and competition events.

Explores extreme winter sports, including snowboarding, skiing, ice climbing, snowmobiling, and sledding.

Tired of being known only for her curly red hair, Ginger Gnome competes in the Winter Gnome Games, where she definitely gets attention.

Extreme Downhill Ski Racing presents the thrills and spills of this intriguing extreme sport. The carefully written, considerate text will hold the readers' interest and allow for successful mastery and comprehension. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience, these books maintain a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along.

Discusses the sport of snowboarding with simple text.

"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic ice hockey and curling. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's ice sports, including the mixed doubles curling event. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.

From snowmobiling and skiing to snowboarding and snowshoeing, 'Snow Sports' examines a wide range of snow-covered exploits and the people who enjoy them.

Presents biographical and career profiles of over 150 outstanding male and female athletes who compete in autumn and winter sports, including figure skating, ice dancing, skiing, football, basketball, and hockey; arranged alphabetically, with quotations, definitions, and a time line.

When George, his classmates, and their families go to a ski resort to compete in a charity event against two other schools, George is determined to win the snowboarding contest and meet snowboarding pro Dice Nievson until he gets sick and his best friend, Alex, must compete in his place.

Tacky and his fellow penguins on Team Nice Icy Land train hard for the Winter Games, but Tacky's antics make their chances of winning a medal seem slim.