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Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Updated with a new afterword.
Physical Desc
viii, 299 p. : ill.
Language
English
Description
A persuasive and compassionate analysis of the appropriation of Native American culture in sports
Sports fans love to don paint and feathers to cheer on the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves, the Florida State Seminoles, and the Warriors and Chiefs of their hometown high schools. But outside the stadiums, American Indians aren't cheering-they're yelling racism.
School boards and colleges are bombarded with emotional...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 790L
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling aroud the world by mail boat in 132 days.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Fleischman Middle School's mascot, Principal Snider's dog Champ, disappears from his kennel before the big basketball game, most of the students think that the door was left unlatched, but Carlos, one of the four friends of Snoops, Inc., is convinced that someone took him--and it is up to the junior detectives to solve the mystery.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. Harry was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. Harry named the bear Winnie, short for Winnipeg, his company's home town, and he brought her along to the military camp in England. Winnie followed Harry everywhere and slept under his cot every night. Before long, she became the regiment's much-loved mascot. But who could care...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Ben Hardy is forced to become the school's mascot, Steve the Spud, he wants to keep the embarrassing gig a secret at all costs" -- Provided by publisher.
10) Mascot
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Six eighth graders in Washington, DC, navigate through the conflict and division sparked by a school assignment focused on their town's Native American mascot.
11) The Philly fake
Author
Series
(David Andrew),Ballpark mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
105 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cousins Mike and Kate must help the Philadelphia Phillies' mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, clear his name after the team's bats begin to suspiciously break during games.
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
American edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in the First World War, sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies and winning the hearts of his fellow soldiers.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89, 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hatching Pete: Poole has becomes his school's mascot. He comes from a long line of mascots in his family, but it turns out that he can't do it because he's allergic to the costume. So his shy best friend, Pete, does it for him. But when Poole starts becoming popular for being the mascot, and people don't know that it's really Pete, trouble starts between the friends.
Dadnapped: Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry. Her competition is a fictional...
15) Hello Goldy!
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged). : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Follow Goldy the gopher around the campus of the University of Minnesot as he makes his way to Metrodome for a football game.
16) Shadow of a pug
Author
Series
Howard Wallace P.I volume 2
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Marvin asks middle-school detectives Howard Wallace and Ivy Mason to prove his nephew, bully Carl Dean, innocent of taking the school mascot, complications arise that could pull them apart.
Author
Series
Club CSI volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the costume for the school's mascot is destroyed, the members of Club CSI are determined to find the culprit before anyone else can solve the case.
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, an Oni Press Publication
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
145 pages, 1 unnumbered page : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fearless" Chuck Fairlane was professional football's fastest rising star, but his career came to a screeching halt when he was expelled from the league after goin' HAM and causing the biggest brawl in the history of sports. Years later, Chuck has found peace as a high school football coach, until costumed mascots begin attacking him for seemingly no reason. Before long, Chuck's going to discover that you can't run away from the past - but you can...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Young readers edition.
Lexile measure
1030L
Physical Desc
xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the incredible true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger-warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and, later, protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is...
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