• BRADY BRADY AND THE CRANKY KICKER
  Responsibility, sportsmanship, teamwork, friendship, honesty, community
• BRADY BRADY AND THE BALLPARK BARK
  Perseverance, loyalty, friendship, problem-solving
• BRADY BRADY AND THE B TEAM
  Teamwork, kindness, empathy, loyalty, friendship
• BRADY BRADY AND THE CLEANUP HITTERS
  Responsibility, teamwork, problem-solving, co-operation, community
• BRADY BRADY AND THE GREAT EXCHANGE
  Problem-solving, empathy, humour, community
• BRADY BRADY AND THE GREAT RINK
  Perserverance, teamwork, friendship, community
• BRADY BRADY AND THE MISSED HATRICK
  honesty, integrity, responsibility and consequences
• BRADY BRADY AND THE MOST IMPORTANT GAME
  Sportsmanship, teamwork, honesty, integrity, family, community
• BRADY BRADY AND THE MVP
  Teamwork, kindness, empathy, loyalty, friendship

• BRADY BRADY AND THE PUCK ON THE POND
  Friendship, co-operation, fairness, community
• BRADY BRADY AND THE RUNAWAY GOALIE
  Empathy, friendship, perserverance
• BRADY BRADY AND THE SANTA SEARCH
  Teamwork, friendship, perseverance, family and problem-solving
• BRADY BRADY AND THE SINGING TREE
  Empathy, respect, acceptance
• BRADY BRADY AND THE SPECIAL GOAL
  Friendship, teamwork and responsibility
• BRADY BRADY AND THE SUPER SKATER
  Community, teamwork and friendship
• BRADY BRADY AND THE TEAMMATE TURNAROUND
  Teamwork, problem-solving, co-operation, perserverance
• BRADY BRADY AND THE TWIRLIN' TORPEDO
  Integrity, problem-solving, teamwork, empathy

Co-creator and author of the Brady Brady books, Mary Shaw is mom to three kids and has been married for 30 years to a professional hockey player-turned-coach. Over the years, the family moved too many times to count: Hartford, Ottawa, Detroit, Cincinnati, Tampa and St. Louis, to name just a few. "Joining a hockey team was a great way to meet other kids and families. My girls also played!" says Mary.

She first started writing because she was trying to get her hockey-obsessed young son to read. His older sister loved to read, but all Brady wanted to do was play hockey. Hockey was ALL he thought about. With her husband coaching and all three kids playing the sport, Mary was uniquely qualified to write about the subject.

Her first book was book Brady Brady and the Great Rink. Then the concept expanded. "When we moved to a football state — I wrote a Brady Brady football book. When we moved to a baseball state — I wrote a Brady Brady baseball book," she explains. The books are all loosely based on her son Brady and his siblings and friends, and her oldest daughter was the inspiration for Brady Brady and the Twirling Torpedo.

Aside from being a huge sports fan, Mary volunteers serving lunches at a men's shelter and is very involved in animal welfare and rescue. Her family has fostered many animals over the years. Mary and her husband currently have two dogs and a cat and live, for now, in Columbus, Ohio.

CHUCK TEMPLE is the illustrator of the bestselling Brady Brady series. His career took off at age 18 when his first comic strip, Bernie on the Beat, went into syndication — making him one of the youngest syndicated cartoonists in the world at the time. And he hasn't stopped since!

Chuck holds a degree in fine art from The University of Guelph and studied art at the Ontario College of Art and Design. He received his teaching qualifications from The University of Western Ontario and taught high school communication technology courses. Chuck also played and coached hockey for many years.

He lives with his wife, Laura and continues to adapt his creative skills. He currently juggles a busy freelance illustration/graphic design and marketing career while illustrating books! His illustrations for Brady Brady are created digitally in Photoshop/Illustrator/Streamline.

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