You've Got Spirit!: Cheers, Chants, Tips, and Tricks Every Cheerleader Needs to Know

Hunt, Sara R.

ISBN 10: 0761386343 ISBN 13: 9780761386346

Publisher: Millbrook Press ™, 2013

Synopsis

Gooooooo team! Do you want to learn more about cheerleading? Or are you already a cheerleader? Either way, this is the book for you! You'll find tips about everything from cheer gear and tryouts to snappy snacks and the perfect ponytail. Jump right into the sport of cheerleading!

About this title

About the Authors

In addition to contributing editor credit for many articles appearing in American Girl magazine, Sara Hunt created dozens of best-selling titles as an in-house editor for the popular line of advice and activity books, including award-winners such as The Smart Girls’ Guide to Starting Middle School: Everything You Need to Know about Juggling More Homework, More Teachers, and More Friends! (2004 iParenting Media award); The Smart Girls’ Guide to Money: How to Make It, Save It, and Spend It (2007 Excellence in Financial Literacy award); and Coconut’s Card-Making Kit (2005 Family Fun magazine’s Toy of the Year award). She is also the author of Stay Fit: Your Guide to Staying Active, from the Healthy Me! Series (awarded TriState Young Adult Review Committee, 2012 Books of Note), Capstone, 2012.While researching and writing You’ve Got Spirit! Cheers, Chants, Tips, and Tricks Every Cheerleader Needs to Know, Sara was head cheer mom, cheer boosters president, treasurer, event coordinator, and fundraising chairperson for her daughter's high school cheer team. She was also a youth and high school cheerleader (when cartwheels and round-offs were considered tumbling and splits were "stunts").
Sara and her family live in Charlottesville, Va.

Lisa Perrett began life as an Art Director in Corporate Advertising. She illustrates for kid's media and designs imaginative branding for businesses, and designed a toy and candy store called Robot Candy Co. She resides in Charleston, SC.

Reviews

Gr 5-8-Hunt tries to cover a lot of ground, from training tips to tryouts and a balanced diet to instructions for the perfect high ponytail. Several pages are devoted to crafts to make for other members of the squad. Colorful photographs and illustrations highlight the energetic tone of the book. Readers will need to look elsewhere, however, for specific arm motions; Perrett's "Arm Motion ABCs" are limited to the letters "V," "T," "K," and "L," and a few commonly used gestures, such as the one for "touchdown." A brief but strong list of recommended reading and websites is included. Youngsters would enjoy this guide, although it has a limited reach.-Sarah Knutson, American Canyon Middle School, CAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Cheerleading holds a certain natural appeal for some young girls who like the uniforms and sparkly pom-poms, but Hunt’s crisp, well-designed book supplies further information about this popular sport. She defines and describes gear, exercises, and cheer moves, and gives constructive pointers on preparing for tryouts, eating healthy snacks, and creating hair bows and hairstyles. From the verso of the title page, she cautions readers always to put safety first. The bright background colors of most pages (reminiscent of many school colors), photographs of cheerleaders in action, and numerous cute cartoon drawings make this an attractive package. For the novice, the book is a good guide; for more seasoned cheerleaders, it is a good refresher. Back matter includes the usual, plus a reading list that features both fiction and nonfiction. Sara Green’s Cheerleading Basics (2011) mirrors this book’s contents and appeals to a similar audience. Grades 3-6. --J. B. Petty

Edition details

• Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761386343
• ISBN 13: 9780761386346
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Perrett Lisa
• Number of pages: 48