Expanding your child s reading horizons is easy with fiction books from Teacher Created Materials! In So You Think You Can Run? By Roger Sipe, a 10-year-old Kenyan boy named Daniel dreams of becoming a champion long-distance runner. However, he must learn that running is about the journey and not just crossing the finish line first. Find out more in this ran-tastic story your child will love. Includes Book Club literacy and comprehension questions.
As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.
The Untold Story of Ms. Mirabella (Fiction Readers) (Read! Explore! Imagine! Fiction Readers)
by Sally Odgers
When Ms. Mirabella assigns a writing assignment about runners, Rosalyn and William laugh to themselves. They wonder what this old woman could know about running. They resolve to study Rosalyn's Uncle Mike, who is running a race in the upcoming weekend. Much to their surprise, they also see Ms. Mirabella running in the race! This wonderful story teaches children not to judge a book by its cover. Through delightful illustrations and easy-to-read font, young readers will learn a powerful lesson.
Running Rivals (Jake Maddox) (Jake Maddox Sports Stories)
by Jake Maddox
Henry's Track and Field Day (Aesop's Fables Remixed)
by Connie Colwell Miller
Sadiq's parents suggest he takes up running. From the start, Sadiq has a bad attitude about Run Club. Can his coach convince him that being tough and competitive doesn't always mean tackling and hitting?
Record Run (Jake Maddox: Boy Stories) (Jake Maddox Sports Story)
by Jake Maddox
From Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah and bestselling author of Oi Frog!, Kes Gray, comes a fun fiction series which will get kids reading, and running too!Mo and his friends pack a lunch and head to the seaside for their next running adventure. It's a good job they have good trainers to run along the beach. But what's that? Could it really be a sea monster? RUN!Follow Mo on his madcap adventures as his running skills go from strength to strength.The perfect book to share and read aloud.The na...
*Shortlisted for the Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020 - Children's Book of the Year*Aardvark is only small and the Big Race is long and hard. But Aardvark is going to join in and give it everything she's got!A heart-warming, stylish and delightfully funny celebration of taking part rather than winning from Sebastian Walker Award winner David Barrow.If you love Julia Donaldson's The Ugly Five, you will love this.The Big Race is packed full of wonderful African animals including an aardvark, croc...
Thea Stilton and the Race for the Gold (Thea Stilton, #31)
by Thea Stilton
“This is a splendid novel that I read in one sitting. . . . You will cheer when this kid embraces ‘Do your best’ and shows it to be a ringing call to nothing less than Triumph.” —Gary Schmidt, Printz Honor winner and two-time Newbery Honor winner "Diana Harmon Asher tells an entertaining story about a boy picking his way through the potholes and pitfalls of puberty, with a little help from his friends." —Richard Peck, Newbery Medal winner "Just read it! Diana Harmon Asher has written a witty,...
Mr. Men Little Miss: Sports Day (Mr. Men & Little Miss Celebrations)
by Adam Hargreaves
There’s going to be a sports day in Nonsenseland and all the Mr Men and Little Miss are invited, but will it be what they are expecting? A silly, fun-filled sport’s day story featuring lots of your favourite Mr Men and Little Miss characters showing their sporting prowess … or not! Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrations introduce children to all the exciting occasions that people celebrate including birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, sporting events...
The young elephants want to have a race to prove who is fastest, so Elmer and Wilbur organise a course. With each racer decorated a different colour, they set off around the course and discover things about themselves - Blue is first, Orange is second, White is kind, Pink and Violet are funny and Yellow is a cheat. Luckily Yellow also learns he is very good at saying sorry, so each young elephant gets a medal from Elmer.
Auma is racing toward her dreams as fast as possible--but can she turn her back on her family when tragedy hits home? This acclaimed debut set in 1980s Kenya is a poignant story of loss, grief, and the power of resilience. A track scholarship could put thirteen-year-old Auma one step closer to leaving her small village in Kenya. She is determined to become a doctor, and nothing--not her classmates, not her marrying age, and not the night runners who come by the house while she sleeps--will stop...