Sports Hall of Weird
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2005
- Category
- General, Intermediate
- Recommended Age
- 7 to 11
- Recommended Grade
- 2 to 6
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553376354
- Publish Date
- Feb 2005
- List Price
- $8.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Come on in! Don't be shy. Bizarre, hilarious and just plain gross moments are waiting inside Sports Hall of Weird. From yucky bathroom accidents and crows hungry for golf balls, to cursed teams, haunted stadiums and spectacular losers, this Hall's got it all.
Find out why some hockey fans throw an octopus on the ice for good luck. How the hand of God might have decided a soccer game. How a dead guy got drafted ... all this and a lot more is immortalized in Sports Hall of Weird!
About the author
KEVIN SYLVESTER est auteur laure´at, illustrateur, journaliste, animateur de radio, re´alisateur et documentariste. Il a e´crit les livres de la se´rie MiNRS et Neil Flambe´, ainsi que les livres documentaires Gold Medal for Weird et Sports Hall of Weird. Kevin est reconnu pour son habilete´ de faire un souper dernie're minute avec ce qui est moindrement consommable dans son frigo. Il peut aussi transformer des cercles en chats et des cornets de cre'me glace´e en dragons. Kevin habite a' Toronto.
KEVIN SYLVESTER is an award-winning writer, illustrator, reporter, radio sports host, producer and documentary maker. His books include the MiNRS and Neil Flambé series. Kevin's claims his superpower is that he can take a puck off the head and STILL finish a hockey game. He's also known for his ability to be able to make a last-second dinner from whatever smells reasonably edible in the fridge. And he can instantly turn circles into cats and ice cream cones into dragons. Well, cat and dragon cartoons anyway. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit him online at www.kevinsylvester.online.
Awards
- Short-listed, Alberta Children's Choice Rocky Mountain Book Award
- Winner, Silver Birch Award, Ontario Library Association
Editorial Reviews
[A] delightful package that will tweak that love of the strange that many young readers develop along with their fondness of sports. And as an added bonus, there's enough obscure material in here to keep adults highly amused as well.
Quill and Quire
Librarian Reviews
Sports Hall of Weird
This 2005 title was also shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award in the nonfiction category. Written by CBC sports reporter and producer – and sometime art student – Kevin Sylvester, it is full of odd trivia, weird tales and bizarrely funny anecdotes about the world of sports. With cartoon illustrations by the author, it is absolutely appropriate for silly summer reading.Source: The Canadian Children's Bookcentre. Summer 2006. Vol.29 No. 3.
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