My boys get a number of books each Christmas, they might get one or two holiday books before the holiday so we can enjoy them leading up to Christmas Day and the Big Guy in Red, always brings each boy a new book to read!
If you are looking for a last minute gift for a child of any age, just head to your local book store! Books are a wonderful way for kids to grow and learn and have fun at the same time!
Here are a few great choices from Scholastic Canada for a Hockey Lover on your list!
The Big Game
By Gilles Tibo ~ Illustrated by Bruno St-Aubin
Ages 3 to 8
It’s the championship game and Nicholas’ team is facing the best team in the league. With advice flying faster than pucks, can Nicholas keep his cool and come up with the perfect winning strategy?
This book reminds me how much pressure we put on our young hockey players, everyone is shouting advice, cheers, and game plays at the boys and they are so overwhelmed they can’t play well! Nicholas comes up with a plan to block all the noise out and it works! He let’s his team in on the plan and they end up winning the game!
Over at the Rink
By Stella Partheniou Grass, Illustrated by Scot Ritchie
Ages 3-8
Join in the fun as the whole town cheers on the home team on a sunny winter day at the rink. Set to the catchy rhythm of the traditional counting rhyme Over in the Meadow, Over at the Rink is the perfect way to count all the reasons we love hockey.
My boys are very familiar with the rhyme, Over in the Meadow. We have a couple of books from different eras that feature that rhyme so it was fun to see the same pattern here with a new and fun hockey rhyme!
Crosby’s Golden Goal
By Mike Leonetti, Illustrated by Gary McLaughlin
Ages 6-10
Hockey games and hockey practices. Power skating and summer hockey. Tyler loves hockey, but he feels like it’s taken over his life. He just wants the chance to hang out with his friends. So he decides to take a break, though he still follows the games and his favourite player, Sidney Crosby. Then Tyler gets the chance to be in the stands for one of the most memorable games — and goals — of a lifetime, and he realizes just how much he misses the game.
This story reminded me of why we didn’t sign up my boys for hockey, we want them to learn to skate but were aren’t interested in their lives being consumed with hockey and taking over the family calendar. I love that Mike created this story around one of Canada’s proudest Olympic moments though, I don’t think any of us will forget that goal for years to come! A powerful moment for our nation! So glad to be able to share the tale with my boys through this story!
These are all really great stories for a Hockey Fan in your life this Winter!
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I agree that books make great gifts! We have a tradition where we give the kids a book each on Christmas Eve – this year, they are from Scholastic (and have been many times in the past too!)
Books are a GREAT PRESENT! My kids love books and we read every night! Thanks for sharing these books they would be great for my boys!
Though girls claim this house, we all sure enjoy watching hockey and we also enjoy books! 🙂 Thanks for sharing these Scholastics books, my eldest DD absolutely loves anything Scholastic. 🙂 Books make the perfect gifts and they always get books for Christmas, we pre-order the books and ask teacher to not give it to her at school. LOL.
haha guess what? I bought books from the book fair back in Oct and hid them! lol Now I can’t find them anywhere!!! They will be getting new books in Feb at this point! we also bought from the book order and the teacher was nice enough to leave them in the office for pick up.
Sounds like some really cute books!
Oh my gosh, I LOVE these books! My boys especially like The Big Game. Scholastic has the best books!
I’m going to have to check these out, my little guy loves hockey and would love these books.
These books sound so cute! What a great selection! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
All of my nephews play hockey, these would be some great books for them!
Nothing like the gift of books… 🙂
Great gift ideas! My daughter loves books 🙂
Wow! They have a book about Crosby’s goal. That’s pretty awesome. I absolutely love Scolastic! I can’t wait until my boys are in school and get to bring home the fliers. Fun!