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Children's Nonfiction Hockey

Hockey Superstars 2008-2009

by (author) Paul Romanuk

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Oct 2008
Category
Hockey
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780545993548
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $6.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 8 to 12
  • Grade: 4 to 5

Description

For over twenty years kids have sought out our annual Hockey Superstars. Seventeen of NHL's superstars are profiled, with glossy, full-page, full colour photos. Included in the bios are, previous season stats, and interview quotes. It's also packed with info on all the teams, fill-in pages so kids can track their favourite players and predict the season, referee signals, NHL award winners, and a countdown to the Cup fill-in poster! Included in this year's edition are Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Vincent Lecavalier, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Malkin, Jarome Iginla, Roberto Luongo and more!

About the author

 

PAUL ROMANUK est auteur, journaliste et commentateur sportif. Il est principalement connu comme le commentateur des parties de hockey présentées sur Sportsnet. Il a aussi écrit des articles pour des journaux et des magazines. Ses livres Le hockey : ses supervedettes sont très appréciés des jeunes adeptes de hockey.

 

 

PAUL ROMANUK has worked his way from calling games in front of his television with the sound turned down as a child to being a veteran national sportscaster. He was the lead hockey play-by-play voice at The Sports Network for more than a decade and worked as a reporter and host on SportsCentre. Aside from calling hundreds of hockey games, Paul has covered the Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Pan Am Games, Asian Games and Soccer World Cup. His travels for work have taken him from the Far East to Australia to Russia, all over Europe and to over a hundred cities in Canada and the United States. Paul is also an accomplished photographer.

 

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Awards

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre

Librarian Reviews

Hockey Superstars 2008-2009

Seventeen NHL superstars are profiled with glossy, full-page colour photos, bios, stats and quotes. There’s also information on teams, referee signals and NHL award winners. Fill-in pages let you track your favourite players, predict the season and count down to the Stanley Cup.

Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2009.

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