Professional Athlete
Will be published approx. on 30. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-0-8160-7896-7 (ISBN)
Description
A hands-on career guide for aspiring soccer players, football quarterbacks, and basketball stars, ""Virtual Apprentice: Professional Athlete"" introduces young readers to careers on the playing field. Ideal for anyone who has ever dreamed of taking their athletic career to the next level, this insightful new resource is filled with profiles of working professionals, 'Reality Check' sidebars, Q&As between everyday kids and pros, a 'Count Me In' journal feature that helps readers get an insider's look at a career as a professional athlete, and much more. This lively and entertaining book is filled with full-color and black-and-white photographs. Chapters include: Athletes Then and Now; Athletes at Work; Sports Tech and Trends; Training Camp; Team Work; Kids Ask, Athletes Answer; and, Athlete for a Day.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
approximately 20 full-colour & black-&-white photographs, index, sidebars
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
173 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8160-7896-7 (9780816078967)
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Person
Gayle Bryan is publishing director of Fair Game, a women's soccer magazine, and she has coauthored three titles in the Career Ideas for Kids series for Facts On File and Checkmark Books. She lives in Evans, Georgia.