Track season is about to begin, and Gerald "Sully" Sullivan is ready and raring to run. But on the first day of tryouts, no other students show up! If the Titans don't get more members, there won't be a track team. So Sully pays a visit to the other sports teams, hoping their star athletes will join. None of the other athletes think much of track and field. Sully will have to beat them at their own sports to change their minds. . . .
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No student-athletes sign up for the track and field team, so Sully decides to challenge other teams' athletes at their own sports to get them to join.
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No student-athletes sign up for the track and field team, so Sully decides to challenge other teams' athletes at their own sports to get them to join.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
56 Pages
By
Hans Christian Andersen, Eric Metaxas, and Stephanie True Peters
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Pictures by
Eve Tharlet and Héléne Desputeaux
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With
Ned Bustard, Matthew Clark, Lynne Bradbury, Sally Long, Robert Van Nutt, Audrey Daly, Jeffrey Stewart Timmins, David Pace, and Rosemary Lanning
Prepare to laugh out loud at the most foolish ruler in the kingdom. The Emperor loves fancy outfits more than anything else in the world, and he will spend any amount of gold to look his absolute best. When two sneaky swindlers arrive in town, they claim they can weave the most magnificent cloth ever created. But there is a catch. They say their magical fabric is completely invisible to anyone who is unfit for their job or hopelessly foolish. Terrified of looking silly, the Emperor, his ministers, and all the townspeople pretend to see the brilliant colors and gorgeous patterns that do not actually exist. It takes the honest voice of one brave child during a grand royal parade to finally speak the hilarious truth. Join the fun in this classic, clever tale that proves why telling the truth is always better than following the crowd, no matter what everyone else pretends to see.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
28 Pages
