Drop the Puck: Hockey Every Day, Every Way!

By Drop the Puck Children's Chapter Book Series
Price $18.95
Age 8 - 10 yrs.

The warmth and caring on display throughout this beautifully written and illustrated hardcover book spreads quickly to the reader, carrying with it a sense of the rich possibilities available to us when our heartfelt values and priorities align. This fifth installment in Jayne J. Jones's popular Drop the Puck series tells the story of Lila, a child with cerebral palsy who moves to Hockeytown, USA and plays for the Minnesota Bears, a special needs hockey team. Three other characters with special needs (Down syndrome, autism and sled hockey) populate the tale. The book's naturalistic dialogue has a lovely, free-flowing authenticity that captures the camaraderie and group banter common among youngsters and adolescents. Vivid, colorful illustrations sparingly accent the prose in just the right places, helping to convey a fully-realized world in which the support of emotionally-aware grownups goes a long way towards creating happy, resilient kids. Playfully upbeat throughout, Drop the Puck: Hockey Every Day, Every Way! helps reorient readers towards things that matter greatly in this world - kindness, compassion, friendship, family and the brilliant and joyful things we are capable of accomplishing when we put our hearts and minds together.