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Illustrated by Mark Braught

The sounds of autumn include the crunch of fallen leaves underfoot and the thump of the kickoff starting the first home football game. Sleeping Bear Press is proud to continue our bestselling sports series with Tis for Touchdown: A Football Alphabet. Sports writer Brad Herzog's easy-to-read-aloud rhymes engage even the youngest of readers, while hardcore fans can devour the detailed expository that covers the sport of the pigskin, from A-Z and end zone to end zone. Plays and players are just a few of the topics covered.

Brad Herzog's first job as a newspaper sports reporter allowed him to travel with the Cornell University football team. He has been writing about the game ever since. A past Grand Gold Medal Award winner from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Brad has written more than a dozen fiction and nonfiction children's books. Brad lives on California's Monterey Peninsula.

Mark Braught's sixteen years of professional experience has earned him prestigious awards from The American Advertising Federation (ADDY), Communications Art, the NYArt Directors Club, and the Society of Illustrators, to name a few. He lives in Commerce, Georgia. Touchdown is his third book with Sleeping Bear Press..
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When Seattle Seahawks Running Back Shaun Alexander’s Touchdown Alexander was released last year in hardcover, it shot up the bestseller lists. And now, the release of the trade paperback features an all–new final chapter covering the 2006 football season.

In his page–turning story, written with award–winning author Cecil Murphey, Shaun recounts the years that led up to his success on and off the football field, and how God first gave him the dream for the achievements that have made him a household name among football fans everywhere.

And yet, Shaun’s life is about more than football. His nonprofit organization, the Shaun Alexander Foundation, focuses on empowering and improving the lives of fatherless young men through education, athletics, character programs, and leadership training, inspiring them to reach their potential as mentors and role models for future generations.

I decided to tell my story for several reasons:

• I want to show people—especially young people—that success is closer than they may think.
• God is the key to success.
• We need to set goals—the higher the better. If we think big and believe big, we’ll act big and move in big ways.
• Life is to enjoy—to have fun and laugh a lot. If we’re not enjoying our life, something isn’t right..

                    Shaun Alexander

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Become A Touchdown Dad will empower you to make a difference in the lives of your children by establishing an effective parenting plan that builds on your love of football. Touchdown Dad's metaphoric use of football principles to illustrate positive parenting methods increases the likelihood that your children with thrive in an environment that encourages positive behaviors, improves communication, and strengthens relationships. With the help of a fictional college-football team, fatherhood coach Fritz O'Bannon, and a story that is informative and entertaining, David Justus teaches you how to easily take control of your family life in a way that is understandable and practical. Discover the peace of mind every parent deserves as you turn your love of football into a winning parenting style..
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In 1965, the South remained defiantly segregated Eddie Russell, a star football player, and his timid sister, Lakeesha, are told they will be helping to desegregate an all-white high school. Their father tells them they will be fighting for a righteous cause, but they aren’t buying it—because they have no choice in the matter.

From the first day of school, the wall of hostility Eddie and Lakeesha face at Forrest High School seems unbreakable, until they meet cheerleader Nancy Martin. She sees the cruelty and crosses the line to befriend the black students—starting a cycle of violence that threatens to spin out of control.

Will the minority students hold on long enough to complete their mission—and that of the adults who put them in this situation—or will they bow to the onslaught of psychological and physical abuse?

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