2024 Summer Olympics: Kids & YA
Enjoy these Canadian titles in anticipation of the 2024 Summer Games! This list is for children and young adults.
Amazing athletes : an all-star look at Canada's Paralympians
Ouellet, Marie-Claude (Biologist), author
2021
Though the Paralympics are the third largest sporting event in the world, they don't always get their due-and so, in advance of the upcoming Paralympic Games (scheduled for summer 2021 and winter 2022), this book invites children to discover and celebrate the sports movement, through the impressive achievements of some of Canada's Paralympic stars. Chantal Petitclerc, Benoît Huot, Alison Levine, Ahmad Zeividavi and many others tell us about their journeys as athletes, challenges they've faced along the way, and insights into the particularities of parasports.
Away games
Battle, Craig, 1980-, author
2021
"This is definitely NOT an average summer The Camp Average crew is split in two. True to his promise, Andre is spending this year at Camp Killington, rival to Camp Average and home to Deets, baseball star and all-around shady guy. Luckily, he has a surprise waiting for him: Mack, who didn't want his best bud to suffer alone. Together, they're going to keep their heads down and blend in... even though someone seems intent on singling them out-and making them suffer. Meanwhile, at Camp Average, Miles is desperately trying to keep the peace-which is not easy, due to obnoxious newcomer Garth and his poison-ivy pranks. On top of that, Miles has just one more impossible task on his plate: getting Mack and Andre back on home turf. Things come to a head when Mack and Andre are forced apart, and Cassie challenges Garth to a do-or-die ball hockey showdown in which the winner... gets the boys' cabin?! GAME ON"-- Provided by publisher.
Brady Brady and the ballpark bark
Shaw, Mary, 1965-
2020
Batter-up! It's baseball season and Brady Brady is ready to hit it out of the park! Brady Brady can't wait to meet his friends on his new baseball team, the Mudbugs -- and neither can Brady's faithful dog, Hatrick. But it turns out that Hatrick is a little too enthusiastic about baseball practice. Hatrick catches all the balls until Brady finally has to take him home. Things are now going well at batting pratice. The kids are getting good cracks off their bats . . . all except for Tree, who just can't connect. Brady and the Mudbugs rally around their friend, helping Tree with lots of extra practice before the season opener. The team discivers that they have a ringer after all -- and it's Hatrick!.
Bruised
Boteju, Tanya, author
2021
Daya Wijesinghe sees a bruise as a mixture of comfort and control, but joining a roller derby team pushes her toward big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.
David jumps in
Woo, Alan, 1977- author
2020
On his first day at a brand-new school, David finds himself alone at recess after his classmates race off to their favorite activities. Kids are on the swings, playing soccer and busy with video games. But David has a pocketful of rubber bands for his favorite jump rope game. Can making friends be as easy as a hop, skip and a jump?
Fight like a girl : a novel
Kamal, Sheena, author
2020
Love and violence. In some families they're bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation like eye color or a quirk of smile. Trisha's trying to break the chain, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing. Her father comes and goes, every punch he lands on her mother carving itself indelibly into Trisha's mind. Until the night her father is killed, and her mother seems strangely at peace. Lighter, somehow. Trisha doesn't know exactly what happened that night, but she's afraid it's going to happen again. Her mom has a new man in her life and the patterns, they are repeating.
Hockey night in Kenya
Mutinda, Danson, author.
2020
"In this illustrated short chapter book, two Kenyan orphans get to experience the joy of playing ice hockey."-- Provided by publisher.
Lucy tries soccer
Bowes, Lisa, author
2016
Eager to try a summer sport, Lucy and her friends meet at the soccer field for their first game of three-on-three! Thanks to Coach Nick, Lucy and the rest of Team Blue learn a few basic skills as they prepare to face Team Red.
My life as a diamond
Manzer, Jenny, author
2018
When Caz moves to Seattle and tries out for the local baseball team, but hopes to keep the secrets of his past behind him.
Race with me!
De Grasse, Andre, 1994- author
2021
Lace up your shoes and get ready for race day with Canada's 2019 Athlete of the Year, Andre De Grasse! Find out what it was like for him as an underdog, and how he motivates himself to face every challenge, in this inspiring celebration of sport. Filled with full-colour photos and illustrations, this book covers themes of reflection, mindfulness and gratitude sure to motivate all kinds of readers.
Terry Fox and me
Leatherdale, Mary Beth, author
2020
Before Terry Fox become a national hero and icon, he was just a regular kid. But even then, his characteristic strength, determination and loyalty were apparent and were the foundation for his friendship with Doug. The two first met at basketball tryouts in grammar school. Terry was the smallest - and worst - basketball player on the court. But that didn't stop him. With Doug's help, Terry practiced and practiced until he earned a spot on the team. As they grew up, the best friends supported each other, challenged each other, helped each other become better athletes and better people. Doug was by Terry's side every step of the way: when Terry received a diagnosis of cancer in his leg, when he was learning to walk - then run - with a prosthetic leg and while he was training for the race of his life, his Marathon of Hope. Written from Doug's perspective, this story shows that Terry Fox's legacy goes beyond the physical and individual accomplishments of a disabled athlete and honors the true value of friendship.