Elementary The Busy Body Book : A Kid ’ s Guide to Fitness by Lizzy Rockwell ( Author , Illustrator )
A celebration of the amazing human machine and a life on the move ! Your amazing body can jump , sprint , twist , and twirl . Your body is built to move .
Lizzy Rockwell explains how your bones and muscles , heart and lungs , nerves and brain all work together to keep you on the go . Kids walk and skate and tumble through these pages with such exuberance that even sprouting couch potatoes will want to get up and bounce around — and that ’ s the ultimate goal . Studies show that American kids are becoming more sedentary and more overweight and that they carry these tendencies with them into adolescence and adulthood . Experts agree that we need to help kids make physical activity a life-long habit . Through education , information , and encouragement , this book aims to inspire a new generation of busy bodies !
Elementary Stretch by Doreen Cronin ( Author ), Scott Menchin ( Illustrator )
Can you stretch to the ceiling ? Can you stretch to the floor ? You can stretch with a whisper , you can stretch with a roar ! Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin give new meaning to the yoga pose downward facing dog as publishing ’ s most energetic pooch explores the many , many ways a kid can get limber . More than simple toe touching , this pup stretches to ride a breeze , grab a snack from a tree , catch a wave . His bubble gum even gets in on the stretching action . POP ! And he reminds us not to forget that we also need to stretch our imaginations ( recognize that statue , anyone ?). This interactive , energetic rhyming text will also help parents stretch out reading time with their youngsters .
Elementary Bounce by Doreen Cronin ( Author ), Scott Menchin ( Illustrator )
Bounce a ball right off your hands . Bounce it off your toes . Try to bounce a beach ball on the tip of your nose ! Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin , who had toddlers all over America jiggling with Wiggle , invite them now to hop , leap , pounce , and bounce to their hearts ’ content ( though not on couches !). Because , after all , it ’ s better to have bounced and bumped than never to have bounced at all .
Elementary Good Sports : Rhymes about Running , Jumping , Throwing , and More by Jack Prelutsky ( Author ), Chris Raschka ( Illustrator )
Exhilarating , allnew , kid-friendly rhymes capture the range of emotions , from winning to losing to the sheer joy of participating , that children experience as they discover the games of their choice . Jack Prelutsky , a virtuoso at making poetry fun for the elementary school crowd , includes in this inspired collection poems about baseball , soccer , football , skating , swimming , gymnastics , basketball , karate , and more . His signature lighthearted humor in verse that trips off the tongue is coupled here with the 2006 Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka ’ s lickety-split , stylized ( and stylish ) watercolors . Every page is a blaze of color and motion . Whether Good Sports will create good sports remains to be seen , but it will prove to young boys ( and girls ) that reading poetry can be fun .
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