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Children's Nonfiction Hockey

5-Minute Hockey Stories

by (author) Meg Braithwaite

illustrated by Nick Craine

Publisher
HarperCollins
Initial publish date
Oct 2017
Category
Hockey
Recommended Age
4 to 18
Recommended Grade
p to 2
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781443453981
    Publish Date
    Oct 2017
    List Price
    $17.99

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Description

Join in the fun at the rink and on the ice with stories that are perfect for bedtimes and on the go!

From building an ice rink in your living room, to scoring a golden goal, to the thrill of your first hockey game, 5-Minute Hockey Stories is packed with a dozen true stories of Canada’s game. Each story is the perfect length for reading aloud in five minutes—ideal for young fans and future stars!

About the authors

MEG BRAITHWAITE is the bestselling author of 5-Minute Hockey Stories. She has been a writer and an editor for the same amount of time that it takes to play 788,400 periods of NHL regulation hockey.

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Nick Craine was born in Toronto in 1971 and is a critically acclaimed visual artist whose illustrations have appeared in the Atlantic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and many more. In 2008 he was chosen as one of six Canadians included in the TASCHEN international anthology Illustration Now, a sampling of 150 of the world’s best illustrators. He is a much sought-after conceptual illustrator and adapted Bruce McDonald’s films Dance Me Outside and Hard Core Logo into graphic novels; the latter was nominated for an Ignatz Award in the Outstanding Artist category.

In his other life, Craine is the founding member of Black Cabbage and has appeared on over twenty recordings as a vocalist, including on his own solo albums, November Moon and Songs Like Tattoos. In the 1990s he directed music videos between Guelph and Nashville, including Feist’s “It’s Cool to Love Your Family.”

Craine lives in Guelph with his wife, Sandy, and their son, Michael. He uses Staedtler art supplies and Arches papers.

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