Books about Acrobatics from Amazon.com

Lead your squad to be the most prepared, organized, enthusiastic, and cohesive group possible Coaching Cheerleading Successfully covers all the key elements to building and maintaining a top supportive and competitive cheerleading program.

This guide presents all the essentials you need to teach techniques, choreograph specific cheer components, plan and conduct practice sessions, and evaluate performances. You'll also find helpful suggestions and examples for fund-raising, building school spirit, and making your cheerleaders more likely to receive special awards and college tryouts.

Author Linda Rae Chappell shares the wisdom she's gained from more than 30 years of experience in coaching cheerleaders at the youth, high school, college, and professional levels. Tap into her expertise and make your next practice and next season the best yet..
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Mirette and the "Great Bellini" traverse the Paris skyline on high wire in the climactic scene of this picture book about conquering fear. The two meet at Mirette's mother's boarding house, where Bellini is staying with a troupe of traveling performers. Mirette persuades Bellini to teach her his art, and soon enough the two are performing above the rooftops of Paris. While Mirette gets to step outside her daily routine of peeling potatoes and scrubbing floors, Bellini manages to reaffirm his mastery. The story affords a spunky, down-to-earth role model for readers who like to dream big dreams. It also offers rich, scenic portraits of 19th century Paris. The book won the 1993 Caldecott Medal..
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Finally a book on Martial Arts Tricking! Get ready to learn from five-time WKA World Champion Matt Mullins From Side Kicks to Aerials, Matt will teach you how to take your moves to the extreme! STEP-BY-STEP FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS of each movement with explanations. VIDEOS of all tricks so you can watch each one frame-by-frame. BEGINNERS will learn basic tricks, stretching, and conditioning exercises to build the skills and strength necessary to perform like the best. Plus, bonus partner drills! PROS will learn how to polish old tricks and improve their performance..
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New in the Peace Hill Press junior-level biography series on important but neglected historical figures

In this entertaining biography, Robin Phillips looks at the wife of the famous Justinian. How did this daughter of a bear-keeper marry and greatly influence the ruler of her world?

Phillips's chronological narrative will draw in parents and children alike, while Jeff West's brilliant illustrations make historical figures fresh again..
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The world's most beloved wire walkers are back! In this adventure, Mirette and Bellini sail to America, where they have accepted an invitation to cross Niagara Falls. Mirette soon discovers that the usual risks of high-wire walking are intensified by cutthroat competition. It's courage and skill that bring Mirette and Bellini through even the toughest challenges and make both Mirette and this book a winner.

Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully (Mirette on the High Wire) delivers her newest, most delightful story of tender friendship and thrilling adventure.

Praise for Mirette on the High Wire:

"McCully has created an independent female protagonist....A bravura performance." --The Horn Book, starred review.
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"After all, if you don't ask the world questions, then you won't ever work out where the rainbow begins." And, boy, does Cedar B. Hartley have questions! Like, why won't her Mum tell her about her father, who died when Cedar was a baby? And what happened to her older brother Barnaby, who ran away from boarding school and keeps in touch sporadically through cryptic postcards? The only thing that helps Cedar forget these troubling questions is her new hobby; acrobatics. When she goes tumbling with her new friend Kite, who can fly just like the bird he was named for, she comes close to finding the start of that elusive rainbow. Missing brothers, mysterious fathers, and the funny, more-than-friends feeling she has for Kite aren't going to keep Cedar B. Hartley from finding the answers she's looking for to fulfill her plan for an "unusual life!"

Debut Australian author Martine Murray is a writer to watch. Equal parts Pippi Longstocking and Anastasia Krupnik, her audacious Aussie tomboy Cedar will quickly charm the Capri pants off the female pre-teen set with her pithy sayings and sweet naiveté. A thoughtfully placed glossary of Cedar's slang is included at the end of the novel for those young readers unfamiliar with the jargon "down-under." A delightful must-read for fans of Paula Danziger and Jacqueline Wilson. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert.
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