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Amazing Sports from Around the World by Douglas McLaughlin on September 7, 2022
Genres: Non Fiction
Pages: 42
Format: eARC
Source: Provided as part of book tour
Amazing Sports from Around the World explores unusual and fascinating sports from diverse cultures and locations. Learn about Ostrich Racing, Tuna Toss, Elephant Polo, and much more! With exciting illustrations and incredible facts, this book will appeal to readers of all ages. The book comes with lesson plans, extension activities, and audio to support teaching in diverse classrooms. This book is available in English and in many bilingual editions.
Amazing Sports from Around the World is part of the Language Lizard Explore collection which helps readers discover the world around them.
"A wonderful way for students to explore cultural diversity from every continent, while discovering that sports universally bring people together." Sarah Anderson, First Grade Teacher
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Julie’s Review:
My son and I really enjoyed reading Amazing Sports from Around the World (Language Lizard Explore). There were so many sports shared that we had never heard of, so that’s always fun. We talked about how some of the sports are similar to what he sees here in the US and how some are completely different. My son also wants to know why Nzango is only played by women, because he wants to dance too.
Overall this is a lovely book to get to know sports in other cultures around the world. Each sport is briefly described on each page with a great illustration. I like the sketch lines look of the pictures, not the typical brightly colored illustrations of children’s books.
The Amazing Sports from Around the World books come in a variety of languages and are bilingual – with text on pages both in English and another language.
Language Lizard also provides free learning resources for teachers and students,including:
- Lesson plan and activities for Amazing Sports from Around the World
- Lesson plan about different types of measurements used around the world
- Amazing Sports from Around the World word scramble activity
- Amazing Sports from Around the World color by number activity
- Amazing Sports from Around the World fill in the blank activity
- Amazing Sports from Around the World reference sheet
Book Trailer:
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About the Author:
Douglas McLaughlin is a personal trainer and fitness instructor. He is an avid bicyclist and hiker and enjoys helping people live their healthiest life. Doug is from New Jersey and his parents are Jamaican immigrants.
About the Illustrator:
Michelle Griffis enjoys creating multicultural illustrations and animations representing diverse communities. Her father was born in Pennsylvania of European descent, and her mother emigrated from South Korea. She is the author/illustrator of We Can All Be Friends.
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My son would definitely love reading this!
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This sounds like a fascinating book, great review
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