Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.

"Del plays striker on his high school soccer team, the Cardinals, and they've gone almost three seasons undefeated. To Del, it's just a game, but some of the players think winning is all that matters. When an ugly tackle results in a major loss for the Cardinals against their main rival, the Rebels, things get heated between the teams. That night, one of Del's teammates has his ankle broken by an unknown assailant, leaving him unable to take part...

Middle-schooler Jackson's baseball skills are not of much help when he and his friends go to soccer camp, and while there he learns that his mother's boyfriend has invited them to move into his house, and friend Diego's father is deployed to Afghanistan.

A boy describes what it feels like to score a goal that makes his soccer teammates stop teasing him.

When George sees his friend Gracie playing soccer in the park, he's eager to join in-so eager that he grabs the ball with his hands and throws it in the net! Lucky for George, there's a soccer camp starting at the rec center where he can learn the basic rules of the game and all about dribbling, passing, and what it means to be a team player. George has fun-and gets into a little mischief-at camp, but it's not until the final game that he finds the...

Two friends, Calvin Tate and Zero Rollison, look forward to a season of soccer with the YMCA summer league.

Three hungry foxes want to make rabbit stew! All the bunnies are in trouble now--and only Ralph and his soccer ball can save the day.

Kitty wants to take a nap. Kitty always wants to take a nap. But Puppy wants to PLAY! Can Kitty get what she wants and get Puppy to leave her alone?

Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges.

Pinkalicious and her soccer team, the Pinksters, play their first game against the Ravens, but when the ball is kicked off the field, Pinkalicious chases it and is picked up by Goldilicious for a trip around the world.