Biographies and activities to stimulate reading. Share these 20 biographies, accompanied by a picture, featured in this high-interest book with your students. Each story spotlights some of Canada's greatest male athletes such as Wayne Gretzky, Kurt Browning, Rick Hansen, Steve Nash, Donovan Bailey and Gaetan Boucher. Each biography is followed by hands-on activities designed to strengthen and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary development, language and research skills. 48 pages.