competitions

"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic ice hockey and curling. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's ice sports, including the mixed doubles curling event. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.

"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic figure skating. Includes descriptions of men's and women's singles program, ice dancing, pairs skating, and the team figure skating events. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--Provided by the publisher.

"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic bobsled, luge, and skeleton events. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's sliding sports. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the 2018 PeyongChang, South Korea Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--Provided by the publisher.

Provides publishing information for the budding young writer, including tips on preparing a manuscript for submission, advice from editors, profiles of published young writers, and addresses of publications and contests to which manuscripts may be sent.

Teenager Taz is a mess in the kitchen, but when her Food Science class enters a competition that her teammates want to win, she must find confidence in her cooking skills.

"Em Katsaro's senior year is not shaping up to be the picture perfect movie she had imagined. Her super-hot leading man is five thousand miles away, her dad just got laid off, and Em can kiss her first-pick university goodbye if she doesn't snag a scholarship. But when Em cinches a spot in the US Youth Change Council competition national round, she has a chance to turn this Skakespearean tragedy into an Academy Award-winning dream. The downside? Kris Lambert--senior class president and her nemesis--is going too. She knows his game way too well--cozy up to your opponents and throw them under the bus on your way to victory. Instead of becoming his next victim, Em decides to turn the tables by putting her acting and flirting skills to work. Unfortunately, as they get close to the final competition and judging, reality and acting start to blur"--Back cover.

Recounts how public school teacher Amir Abo-Shaeer inspired his robotics team to strive for glory as they competed in the FIRST Robotics competition.

Harry Hammer is determined to win a Fintendo game system in the school's dance contest, but first he needs to learn how to dance.

Provides an overview of robotics competitions; offers information on forming a team, robot design and construction, and building a robot; and includes an interview with roboticist Jacob Cohen.